If there is one thing I long for above all else, it's that the years to come may see Christianity in this country able again to capture the imagination of our culture.

In a spiritually sensitive culture, then, it might well be that age is something to be admired or envied.

Nobody...likes talking about enforceable international protocols and yet unless there is a real change in attitude, we have to contemplate those very unwelcome possibilities if we want the global economy not to collapse and millions, billions, of people to die.

We can at least see that the question is asked, and asked on the basis of a clear recognition that there is no way of manipulating our environment that is without cost or consequence - and thus also of a recognition that we are inextricably bound up with the destiny of our world. There is no guarantee that the world we live in will "tolerate" us indefinitely if we prove ourselves unable to live within its constraints.

We shall not find life by refusing to let go of our precious, protected selves.

Serving democracy and nourishing the common good is, for the media, something that requires not only attacking corrupt secrecies in a society, but also defending non-corrupt communication.

The planet should not be used as a warehouse of resources to serve humanity's selfishness