Sounding Board
Resurrect forgiveness
China’s surprising take on a celebrated parable reveals a growing global problem
Sing when you’re sinning
Football may be the new religion, but it faces the same challenges as the old
Turbulent priests
How should the clergy best engage in politics and public disputes?
Preaching to the choir
The Church will soon hit a Hartlepool moment, when people who feel politically unwelcome go elsewhere
Conflicts of interest
Labour, like the Church, may never reconcile the different views of all its supporters
The redemption we need
After a national Lent that has lasted a year, we can smell the blossom of hope
A rascal – but leave it at that
We need to mind our language when describing those with whom we disagree
Plague and pestilence
Covid-19 has reawakened the medieval superstition that bad things happen to bad people
The danger of rewriting history
There is a concerted attempt to reconstruct what children are taught about their history
Condemned to a life sentence
We treat prisoners of war better than care home residents