The Sign Of The Cross

Authored by Chris Hall

Some pictures of Ted. Authored by Chris Hall

The company that I work for is very much committed to tolerance amongst it's workforce and strives to ensure it doesn't come across as some kind of political or moral arbiter. Which I think is perhaps the most sensible route for any company to take. So I'm surprised to see that the Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is using the Starbucks company to wade into such political waters. Why does he have to take such an aggressively intolerant stance towards a large section of his customers, and even his shareholders? If Howard Schulz wants to project Starbucks as being generally supportive of gay 'marriage' then surely he could do that without taking up arms against those who don't support such legislation? He has crossed a line, not by using Starbucks to actively promote such an agenda but by opening up on those who don't agree with such a move. He told shareholders at the annual shareholders meeting that Starbucks wants to "embrace diversity of all kinds,...

Amazing sound and very well played and composed! Authored by Chris Hall

Was it ever different? Authored by Chris Hall

Makes sense to me! Authored by Chris Hall

You don't see many Palm Sunday videos like this! Authored by Chris Hall

Seems an interesting and worthy project, I hope it gets the funding it needs. Martyred in the USSR is a documentary about militant atheism in the former Soviet Union. It tells the personal, emotional and horrific story of what people went through simply because they chose to cling to their faith, even at the risk of death. It did not matter what religion you practiced, if you believed in God in the USSR you were persecuted, and persecuted brutally. From 1917 to 1990 people of faith were shot, executed, thrown in the gulag and left to die because the Soviet Government hated religion. What makes this story extremely important is that the new generation in Russia knows nothing about their past and will deny that the brutality ever happened. Authored by Chris Hall Related articles Black & White Photos of Soviet Union in 1954 by Henri Cartier-Bresson Martyred in the USSR, Militant Atheism in the Former Soviet Union These photographs capture the terror, joy and weirdness...

It's been around a bit but this really did cheer me up! Purloined from Fr Ray Blake's blog http://marymagdalen.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/an-atheist-explains.html Authored by Chris Hall

Time to roll out the tolerance card again :( Church hounded from hotel over its traditional beliefs Authored by Chris Hall Related articles Aberdeen church breaks away over gay ministers row Aberdeen church opens doors to Muslims Church split over gay ministers

Sent to me by a  friend. A pretty little girl named Suzy was sitting on the pavement in front of her home. Next to her was a basket containing a number of tiny creatures; in her hand was a sign announcing FREE KITTENS. Suddenly a line of big cars pulled up beside her. Out of the lead car stepped a grinning man. "Hi there little girl, I'm the leader of the Labour Party, Ed Miliband. What do you have in the basket?" he asked. "Kittens," little Suzy said. "How old are they?" asked Miliband. Suzy replied, "They're so young, their eyes aren't even open yet." "And what kind of kittens are they?" "Labour supporters," answered Suzy with a smile. Miliband was delighted. As soon as he returned to his car, he called his PR chief and told him about the little girl and the kittens. Recognizing the perfect photo op, the two of them agreed that he should return the next day and in front of the assembled media,...