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‘Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? We are sick of the unsatisfying food’ (see Numbers 21:4-9) In a report commissioned by the Trussell trust in 2021 (the largest study in hunger in the UK) it was reported that almost two in three of the people of working age who wereContinue reading “Just Lent | March 28”

‘Has no one condemned you? Neither do I condemn you.’ (see John 8:1-11) Although played out in a different place and in a different time, the incident of the woman caught in adultery in the gospel according to John, has much to say to us today.  We can focus on the compassion of Jesus andContinue reading “Just Lent | March 27”

Nicodemus said, “Surely the Law does not allow us to pass judgement on a man without giving him a hearing and discovering what he is about.” (see John 7:40-52) On September 3, 1952, father of three, Mahmood Hussein Mattan was taken from his cell at Cardiff prison and executed for a murder he did notContinue reading “Just Lent | March 25”

‘They say, with misguided reasoning, “Let us lie in wait for the virtuous man, since he annoys us and opposes our way of life, reproaches us for our breaches of the law.”’ (see Wisdom 2:1,12-22) The ‘News International’ phone hacking scandal was a controversy involving the now-defunct News of the World and other British newspapersContinue reading “Just Lent | March 24”

‘They have made themselves a calf of molten gold and have worshipped it and offered it sacrifice.’ (see Exodus 32:7-14) In an article published on The Guardian website (31 December 2022), addressing the Cost of Living, Rowan Williams writes:  “The cost of living crisis is in fact an example of costs being transferred from theContinue reading “Just Lent | March 23”

‘Some are on their way from afar, others from the north and west.’ ‘(see Isaiah 59:8-15) In his selection of poems ‘On the Move: Poems about Migration,’ Michael Rosen writes, “Everyone comes from somewhere | Everyone has a past | Everyone is somewhere first | Everyone is somewhere last.”   There are occasions when some mayContinue reading “Just Lent | March 22”

‘Along the river, on either bank, will grow every kind of fruit tree with leaves that never wither and fruit that never fails.’ (see Ezekiel 47:1-9,12) Forests still cover about 30 percent of the world’s land area, but they are disappearing at an alarming rate. Since 1990, the world has lost 420 million hectares or about aContinue reading “Just Lent | March 21”

‘Now I create a new heaven and a new earth, and the past will not be remembered.’ (see Isaiah 65:17-21) ‘There is no Planet B’ say many placards on environmental demonstrations organised by groups such as Extinction Rebellion and so many others.  The words were also waved in the air when school children from allContinue reading “Just Lent | March 20”

We continue our JUST LENT course this week, as we gather at St Paul’s Church Grangetown on Wednesday at 7pm. We explore justice for God’s Creation. Here’s a brief introduction. This monument, moved from just outside Central Railway Station to Cardiff Bay Wetland is intended to reflect the mountains which surround Cardiff, and the lifeContinue reading “Mountains and Molehills”

‘Everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.’ (see Luke 18:9-14) Kevin Maxwell was a dream candidate for the police force—passionate, hard-working and keen to serve his community.  And, as a gay black man from a working class family he could easily have been a poster boyContinue reading “Just Lent | March 18”