Ending conflict and promoting mutual understanding are deeply important to Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury. But has his approach largely failed because of a flawed approach to reconciliation
May the New Year be a time to discover something of this vision in your life; a time to discover more of the meaning of another of the King James Bible’s great words – the ‘loving kindness’ we all need to give and to receive. A very happy New Year to you all.
I’ve been in the UK this Christmas. I arrived just before the snowfall that closed Heathrow for several days and just after massive student demonstrations protesting the rise in student tuition fees. Britain is considered a secular culture these days, which makes it intriguing to see how much religion appears in the media.
Economic justice and Christian marriage and solidarity with the persecuted – very diverse causes, you might think. But in each case, the key point is about keeping faith, sharing risks, recognising that our lives belong together
… we are called to daily involvement in prayer and advocacy for all our fellow-Christians in situations of oppression and danger – and all their neighbours too, of whatever belief, since the evils of violence and tyranny are not felt by Christians alone, nor can their sufferings be isolated from those of their neighbours.
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The Christmas story outrageously suggests that putting our hand into the clutch of a baby may be the most important thing we can ever do as human beings – a real letting-go of aggression and fear and wanting to make an impression and whatever else is going on in us that keeps us tied up in our struggle and violence.
We all get a little tongue-tied in the pulpit, but the administration of vows, which we’ve all heard a million times, can still be tricky for either the overly nervous or the unintelligible. Let’s just hope Rowan Williams doesn’t channel Rowan Atkinson.
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Dr. Williams has called for a reform of the structure of the meetings, suggesting that an elected standing committee be created and the powers and responsibility of the meeting of the communion’s 38 archbishops, presiding bishops and moderators be delineated. – So reports George Conger.