A society open to all races need not accept practices that destroy or exploit the most vulnerable. From this perspective, responsible criticism makes it possible to challenge harmful behaviour without abandoning compassion or confusing reasoned judgements with indiscriminate condemnation. – –Nigel Pocock – I want to make a simple point, […]

Western culture’s relentless pursuit of consumption and self-gratification may be fuelling the very crises we face. Disciplined silence, rooted in ancient Christian tradition, challenges this cycle. It transforms inward focus into outward engagement with reality and others.   Nigel Pocock   Not all tests of truth involve formal logic, or […]

This 1916 oil on canvas painting, by Jewish pacifist artist Mark Gertler (1891-1939), is the more disturbing the more it is studied. Yet, in it, Gertler has much to say that is challenging and valuable to Christians. Indeed, it ought to disturb, and this was no doubt Gertler’s intention.   […]

A society that tolerates every idea, including those that seek to undermine freedom and pluralism, risks eroding its own foundations. The challenge lies in preserving the balance between tolerance, freedom and power. . Nigel Pocock . The discussion becomes one about power, and how it is exercised. . Clearly the […]