Fulcrum Newswatch http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/?18 Fulcrum Newswatch RSS feed from http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/ - updated daily with links of interest for open evangelicals in the Church of England en-gb Copyright 2012 Fulcrum Sat, 4 Feb 2012 08:03:09 GMT Sat, 4 Feb 2012 08:03:09 GMT Fulcrum/CFML http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/images/logo75.gif Fulcrum Newswatch http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/?18 75 100 Fulcrum Logo fulcrum@storcmentre.net (Fulcrum Newswatch Editor) fulcrum@storcmentre.net (Fulcrum Webmaster) 60 PM called to take strong action on alcohol pricing http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11203 Churches and charities have written to the Prime Minister urging the Government to move ahead with plans to ban cheap alcohol sales.

Christian Today. 2 February 2012 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11203 Fulcrum Newswatch Bishop of London warns against 'society of strangers' in public services http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11202 The increasingly professional delivery of public services risks creating a 'society of strangers',the Bishop of London will warn today. 
Martin Beckford. Daily Telegraph. 3 February 2012. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11202 Fulcrum Newswatch More new women priests than men for first time http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11201 More female priests are joining the Church of England than male ones for the first time ever, it can be disclosed as it takes another step towards the introduction of women bishops. 
Martin Beckford. Daily Telegraph. 4 February 2012. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11201 Fulcrum Newswatch Suppose we really treated sport as a religion. What would we say? http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11200 In a liberal and tolerant society like ours there is no place for the divisive tribalism of the football terraces
Nick Spencer. Guardian. 3 February 2012 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11200 Fulcrum Newswatch Launch of Street Pastor service for Harrow http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11199 LATE-NIGHT Christian volunteers have committed to helping people in need on the streets in Harrow.

The first group of Street Pastors were presented at Harrow Civic Centre on Thursday, January 26, and will soon be patrolling the streets on Friday and Saturday nights, giving out bottles of water and offering assistance to people who have been drinking or who run into trouble in a bid to reduce crime and make people feel safer
Hannah Bewley. Harrow Observer. 2 February 2012. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11199 Fulcrum Newswatch 'There could be a God,' admits David Attenborough: Veteran broadcaster says belief in evolution is not incompatible with religion http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11198 His award-winning programmes on the natural world follow evolutionary history and the teachings of Darwin. Now, however, Sir David Attenborough has speculated that there may be a God  and insisted it would not be inconsistent with the theory of evolution.
Ben Todd. Daily Mail 30 January 2012


 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11198 Fulcrum Newswatch Visitors to Olympics to have pastors for their spiritual needs http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11197 THE race is on to find more than 800 'Games Pastors' to 'demonstrate the love of Christ' during the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London this year.
Ed Thornton. Church Times. 3 February 2012

 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11197 Fulcrum Newswatch New royal title for London Borough of Greenwich http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11196 The Queen has made Greenwich in south-east London a royal borough to mark her Diamond Jubilee.It is the first borough to be granted royal status in more than 80 years and is one of only four in the country.

BBC website. 3 February 2012. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11196 Fulcrum Newswatch Sentamu's words on gay marriage backed by MPs http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11195 MEMBERS of Parliament have spoken out in support of the Archbishop of York, Dr Sentamu, after he voiced his opposition to gay marriage. 

Madeleine Davis. Church Times. 3 February 2012 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11195 Fulcrum Newswatch Church investors join fight over excessive bonuses http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11194 THE secretary of the Church of England's Ethical Investment Advisory Group (EIAG), Edward Mason, said this week that there was a 'systemic problem' of excessive pay for company executives. Ed Thornton. ChurchTimes. 3 February 2012. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11194 Fulcrum Newswatch The race to Lambeth Palace http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11193 Rowan Williams's would-be successors have begun jostling for position. One stands out

Rod Little. Spectator. 4 February 2012. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11193 Fulcrum Newswatch Two new Area Bishops for Southwark Diocese http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11192 Downing Street has announced this morning that the Rev Jonathan Clark has been appointed the 10th Bishop of Croydon and the Venerable Dr Michael Ipgrave OBE has been appointed the 12th Bishop of Woolwich. The Revd Jonathan Clark succeeds the Rt Rev Nick Baines who is now the 10th Bishop of Bradford and the Venerable Dr Michael Ipgrave OBE succeeds the Rt Revd Christopher Chessun who is now the 10th Bishop of Southwark. They will be consecrated in Southwark Cathedral on 21 March 2012.
Southwark Diocese website. 3 February 2011 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11192 Fulcrum Newswatch Diamond Jubilee Prayer and liturgical resources released http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11191 A prayer written at The Queen's Direction by the Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral for Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee has been released. It will be used in the Jubilee Thanksgiving Service in St Paul's Cathedral on Tuesday, June 5th. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have commended it for use throughout the Church of England and other Churches are also welcome to use it.

Church of England website. 31 January 2012. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11191 Fulcrum Newswatch This upheaval of the welfare state demands spiritual intervention http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11190 There is a clear feeling that the debate around our public services is so fundamental that it cannot be left just to politicians and those who run the services. Enter the church
David Brindle. Guardian. 31 January 2012. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11190 Fulcrum Newswatch Occupy London's eviction is a failure for the church, not the camp http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11189 The protesters about to be removed from the steps of St Paul's could have helped the cathedral find a compelling new narrative
Giles Fraser. Guardian 31 January 2012 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11189 Fulcrum Newswatch Call for value-based economic reform at Davos http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11188 The head of Christian Aid has told government representatives at the Davos World Economic Forum to respect human dignity. Loretta Minghella added her voice to calls for economic reform before the five-day meeting wound up in Switzerland today. Christian Today. 30 January 2012

 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11188 Fulcrum Newswatch How do we re-moralise our society? http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11187 So we are less honest than a decade ago. No wonder, we've shed the familial, community and economic links that moralise us
Nick Spencer. Guardian. 30 January 2012 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11187 Fulcrum Newswatch Fairness for the rich, nothing for the poor http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11186 The Government is adopting the language of the playground when it talks about being fair - let's talk about being just instead

Paul Valleley. Independent on Sunday 29 January 2012 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11186 Fulcrum Newswatch Ladies hats http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11185 So we heard last week that the Royal Enclosure at Ascot will be enforcing a stricter dress code this year. They will be cracking down in particular on ladies hats. Ladies attempting to enter the Royal Enclosure wearing a fascinator instead of a hat will be turned away.
Similarly, the Church of England has enforced a strict had code amongst its clergy for some time. Women are allowed to wear any hat except for an episcopal mitre. 
Church Mouse Blog. 30 January 2012 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11185 Fulcrum Newswatch Sanctions can only deepen the Iran crisis http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11184 Israeli and US hawks are more interested in regime change than the country's nuclear programme

Patrick Cockburn. Independent on Sunday 29 January 2012 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11184 Fulcrum Newswatch Religion's usefulness is drawn from its truth http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11183 Charles Moore reviews Religion for Atheists by Alain de Botton (Hamish Hamilton). 
Daily Telegraph. 30 January 2012 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11183 Fulcrum Newswatch Lord Carey backs Christian psychotherapist in 'gay conversion' row http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11182 Leading church figures including the former Archbishop of Canterbury have sparked controversy by championing a psychotherapist who believes gay men can be 'cured' of their homosexuality. 
Robert Mendick. 28 January 2012 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11182 Fulcrum Newswatch Feminists can be Christians, too http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11181 Why do people assume any woman who has something interesting to say must be an atheist?
Kristin Aune. Guardian. Comment is Free. 29 January 2012 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11181 Fulcrum Newswatch Women bishops are coming to the Church of England, says leading opponent http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11180 'The Church of England is on an unstoppable path to women bishops, their most senior traditionalist opponent has conceded.', by Edward Malnick, The Sunday Telegraph, 29 January 2012
 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?doc=news&ID=11180 Fulcrum Newswatch