The atrocious and heartbreaking attack at Manchester Arena has left us all shocked, saddened and, yes, angry, at the loss of so many young lives. Of course we read and see via the media similar outrages across the world. A few days after the tragic event in Manchester, a similar number of children – all Coptic Christians –were killed by Islamic extremists in Egypt, where the minority Christian population lives in fear. But Manchester, a drive away, brings home the horror of such murderous ideology of Isis and associated terrorist groups.

Manchester reminds me yet again that regardless of the different religious labels by which we choose to define ourselves we each have a responsibility to work together for the common good and for the future of creation.

Often, during times like these of great suffering, upheaval and uncertainty, the question arises “Where is God?” But the question I would put before you today is not “Where is God,” rather I would ask “Where is humanity? Where are you?”

Know the divine Knower within you as you mindfully contemplate…

Talking about God must always hold two things together – the story of God; and making sense of that story in our changing cultural, scientific and social understandings….

Adrian Alker, the chair of PCN Britain, is to be applauded for his criticism of the House of Bishops Report on Marriage and Same Sex Relationships. My only reservation is that, once again, a single issue has been permitted to deflect attention from the fact that marriage in any form has been under sustained political and legal attack for many decades. The highly emotive language used in this latest debate is doing little to stop the institution of marriage being further undermined…