Category Archives: Church Teaching

I wish everybody a happy Easter and all the religions

Posted on April 7, 2023 by ianchisnall

At the end of Parliament last Thursday, the Treasurer of HM Household, Marcus Jones who is also the Conservative MP for Nuneaton ended his statement at the end of the Easter Adjournment with these words “I wish everybody a happy Easter and … Continue reading →

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Value Care Workers in the way that we value others

Posted on March 24, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday the 22nd of March in the House of Lords there was a debate called Social Care: Workforce Strategy and one of the people who contributed to the debate was Stephen Cottrell, the Archbishop of York who spoke the … Continue reading →

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Thank you for raising STEAM Bishop of Worcester

Posted on March 17, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Tuesday in the House of Lords, John Geoffrey Inge who is the Bishop of Worcester raised a very significant question during a question debate on the title of Schools: Data, Digital and Financial Literacy. The session was set out … Continue reading →

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World Day of Prayer – Friday 3rd March 2023

Posted on March 5, 2023 by ianchisnall

On Tuesday Jim Shannon, the DUP MP who is responsible for Strangford in Northern Ireland submitted a document which was released to the MPs in the whole of the UK. Sadly there were only two MPs who responded to his … Continue reading →

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Faith Schools: Regional Planning and Development

Posted on March 2, 2023 by ianchisnall

Last Friday in the Parliamentary system the Conservative MP for Rother Valley, Alexander Stafford wrote out five questions which he sent over to the Department for Education. The person who responded to all of these five questions was Nick Gibb … Continue reading →

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The current War of Ukraine is now a year old

Posted on February 24, 2023 by ianchisnall

In the last few hours there have been comments that have emerged from both East Sussex County Council and Chichester Diocese that both focus on Ukraine. The first one was from East Sussex that yesterday stated with the following words … Continue reading →

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I would like to retain the Bishops in the House of Lords

Posted on February 19, 2023 by ianchisnall

Yesterday I received a request from Change.org to sign a call to oppose the Bishops in the House of Lords. The text and the link is below but I am in favour of the House of Lords operating with a … Continue reading →

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Today’s Racial Justice Sunday focuses Stephen Lawrence

Posted on February 12, 2023 by ianchisnall

Today Richard Reddie, the Director of Justice and Inclusion at Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) is focusing on the tragic murder of Stephen Lawrence back in 1993. Although the event today is focusing on the murder of Stephen … Continue reading →

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A good call from the Archbishop of York in Parliament

Posted on February 2, 2023 by ianchisnall

I have had the privilege to connect with Stephen Cottrell in the past before he became the Archbishop of York so he is someone I very much appreciate. He was involved in a debate that took place last week in … Continue reading →

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Holocaust Memorial Day on 27th January 2023

Posted on January 22, 2023 by ianchisnall

It was very encouraging to read that Bob Blackman who is the Conservative MP for Harrow East has submitted a document in Parliament in celebration of the Holocaust Memorial Day this year. The piece can be seen here on their … Continue reading →

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