This time of the year, within a few weeks of Christmas, I reflect again on the dilemma facing the Church.
The Christmas story, of the child being born in a stable, the angels singing, the wise men arriving with their gifts, and then the flight into Egypt to avoid the slaughter of the innocence by Herod, has an extraordinary appeal. And of course an enormous commercial reality has been built up around it over the years.
Will give two talks in the Community Centre, Newport, in December.
Thursday, December 5th. 7.00pm
Science and our Image of God
Thursday, December 12th. 7.00pm
A new look at the Christmas Story
Admission free; All welcome
For somebody of my generation, I think I got into social media fairly quickly. Not all aspects of social media, mainly just one, Twitter. I loved Twitter from the beginning, and found it enormously useful.
Two aspects in particular: It gave me access to a whole range of news and comment. I got links to good articles in media outlets like the National Catholic Reporter, La Croix, and many others. I learned through it what was happening in the various Church Reform movements around the world.
