In sharp contrast to the idea that this stage of life is enviable, we hear high levels of anxiety about getting old, anxieties about health, mobility, access to facilities, simple routine care and attention.
Rowan WilliamsFriendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.
Rowan WilliamsOne of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest.
Rowan WilliamsI have, by God’s grace, learned as a member of the Christian community what is the nature of God’s mercy, which does not leave me to overcome my sin by my own effort, so I have something to say to the fellow-sufferer who does not know where to look for hope. And what I have to say depends utterly on my willingness not to let go of that awareness of myself that reminds me where I start each day—not as a finished saint but as a needy person still struggling to grow.
Rowan Williams