I have had to think very carefully about this article before I put it into words.. You don’t expect some things in the world that we live in dominated by selfishness, the ‘I want now’ society and the ‘get what you can, while you can’ overthrow from the Maggie years. So here goes…
A couple of [...]
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God in unexpected places….
Posted in Altruism, Chaplaincy, Christianity, Compassion, Contemplation, Crime, Culture, Holiness, Institutionalism, Integrity, Justice, Law, Love, Mission, Personal, Prayer, Reconciliation, Restoration, Surreal, Theology on Sunday, August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So it’s a good idea to do something illegal then?
Posted in Deception, Injustice, Institutionalism, Integrity, Law, Police, Politics on Saturday, August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Police told to ignore human rights ruling over DNA database
Alan Travis, home affairs editor
guardian.co.uk, Friday 7 August 2009 21.32 BST
Chief constables across England and Wales have been told to ignore a landmark ruling by the European court of human rights and carry on adding the DNA profiles of tens of thousands of innocent [...]
What would you really do?
Posted in Christianity, Creation, Culture, Ethics, Fear, Integrity, Justice, Law, Marriage, Nazarene, Prison, Restoration, Sexuality, Theology, Violence on Monday, July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have a prisoner who has been going through the long process of gender change from male to female. Karen is serving quite a long sentence, and has been ‘residing’ on a wing of other vulnerable prisoners.
A few months ago, Karen approached me and asked me a very serious question. The question was… ‘If I [...]
QUANTUM OF SOLACE– A QUOTIENT OF PAINS
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Justice, Law, Revenge, Violence, Wrath on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As always, Ben Witherington writes some excellent articles. This has been in my saved space for some time, but it is well worth a read. The link to Ben’s Blog is QUANTUM OF SOLACE– A QUOTIENT OF PAIN
Vengeance, revenge, wrath. It is often the human response to being deeply wounded, or having someone you love [...]
Bad Week? Make That A Bad Fortnight
Posted in CPS, Crime, Disaster, Fear, Fiction, Injustice, Integrity, Justice, Law on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Taken from http://thelawwestofealingbroadway.blogspot.com/2009/04/bad-week-make-that-bad-fortnight.html
It isn’t getting better is it? Now we have the anti-terrorist operation in the North West apparently drawing a blank, and the arrest and release on bail of 114 potential environmental protesters in the East Midlands (on suspicion of conspiracy, which is a far more serious matter than the substantive offence). [...]
An objection to Anselm’s view on the Atonement – Penal Substitution
Posted in Bad Theology, Christology, Compassion, Crime, Evangelical, Good Theology, Holiness, Injustice, Justice, Law, Punishment, Restoration, Theology on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have commented at various times my objections to Penal Substitution, and have included articles within this blog about the same subject. Below is a continuation with some interesting comments to boot. Please look at the link below at Kingdom Grace. Some people can express themselves about the same subject and position far better than [...]
Thousands attend murder protests
Posted in Armed Forces, Conflict, Control, Crime, Culture, Fear, Integrity, Justice, Law, Police, Violence on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thousands of people have attended a series of rallies across NI to show their anger at the murders of two soldiers and a policeman.
Silent protests took place in Belfast, Lisburn, Newry, Downpatrick and Londonderry.
A peace vigil is also to be held in Craigavon, County Armagh, near the site where Constable Stephen Paul Carroll was shot [...]
Policeman shot …
Posted in Armed Forces, Bigotry, Conflict, Crime, Culture, Danger, Disaster, Eruption, Fear, Integrity, Justice, Law, Personal, Violence on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I mentioned yesterday, the mood has changed overnight in Northern Ireland. Amongst those good people, are a small destructive number who do not want to go with the majority and get decisions made through democracy. This second incident is reported here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7933990.stm .
The one thing I am really hoping for is that the [...]
Soldiers Killed in N.Ireland
Posted in Conflict, Crime, Fear, Integrity, Justice, Law, Police, Restoration, Violence on Monday, March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I spoke to my eldest yesterday on Skype. We tend to do that once a week whilst he is in Belfast doing a Phd. He was very quiet and disappointed. He had just returned from a conference in the south and had news about the two British soldiers that had been murdered in Belfast. The [...]
Strangeways Riot 1990
Posted in Control, Crime, Institutionalism, Justice, Law, Prison, Riot, Violence on Wednesday, March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The 1990 Strangeways Prison riot was a 25-day prison riot and rooftop protest at Strangeways Prison in Manchester, England. The riot began on 1 April 1990 when prisoners took control of the prison chapel, and the riot quickly spread throughout most of the prison. The riot and rooftop protest ended on 25 April when the [...]
