Anders Breivik, the terrorist who is responsible for atrocities in Norway is routinely described as a fundamentalist Christian. This blog post from David Johnstone excerpts some quotes from Breivik’s manifesto which shows that if he has any relationship to Christianity at all it may of the more liberal variety than that of the fundamentalist. For …

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Rev Geraint ap Iorwerth from Pennal quoted in a UK BBC report: “People have told me they turned away from the real message of Jesus because of this God – that this version put lots of people off him as children. “My version of God is Jesus, who was pure compassion and unconditional love. “The …

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Some fuss (read: calculated publicity drive) over this report about an Australian Masterchef contestant who declined to address the Dalai Lama as ‘Your Holiness’, instead preferring something like ‘Dalai’. (Apparently the Dalai Lama is not a guest ‘judge’, perhaps he’s going to give advice about how each dish serves to advance or hinder the path …

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