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Jean-François Blancheton Translation Tony Dickinson  The fiftieth anniversary of the death of Schweitzer is a good opportunity to remind ourselves of his unconditional insistence on respect for life in all its forms. This year the region of Alsace is commemorating, ...

Riensiru (Ecumenical Council of Churches)   To all the weavers in the world   Translation Louise Thunin   God is sitting there weeping. The marvelous tapestry of creation, That She had woven so joyfully Is mutilated, torn to shreds, reduced ...

Henri Persoz   Translation Louise Thunin   In a busy Paris neighborhood, I noticed a tramp sitting on his mattress beneath a carriage entrance. It was probably his only home. He was surrounded by the traditional plastic bags which probably ...

Bernard Brillet   Translated by Sara MacVane   The relationship between humankind and the natural world has undergone substantial changes over the course of time. First we were subject to nature, then we domesticated it, and then we tried to ...

Jean-François Colosimo   Translation Canon Tony Dickinson     In the tragic wars raging across the Middle East, Christians are suffering intolerable persecution, in the face of a generalised indifference which is difficult to bear. •   We are all ...

Michel Barlow Translation Canon Tony Dickinson In order to understand a biblical text properly, it is important to set it in context. Quoting one verse alone can induce error, especially if that verse refers to another biblical passage. In that ...

Gilles Castelnau Translation Canon Tony Dickinson In the mid-19th century William Holman Hunt, with a few other painters, brought into being the “Pre-Raphaelite” movement.  What they wanted was to rediscover the artistic purity of the Italian primitives, before Raphael, as ...

Matthew 5.2-10 Louis Pernot Translation Canon Tony Dickinson 3 Happy the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs! 4 Happy those who weep, for they will be consoled! 5 Happy those who are gentle (or humble), for ...

Gilles Castelnau Translation Louise Thunin Some actors may have lessons to teach ministers and theology students… The actress, Fanny Ardant, is interviewed in the 2015 summer issue of the French monthly, Philosophie, which also interests the interpretors of the Bible ...

Raphaël Picon Translation Louise Thunin Some images of God appeal to us.  The ones that bear thoughts of movement, creativity, transformation ; the ones that invite us to believe in God as working on embellishing the world, on enriching the possibilities ...