Everyone’s heard of the American Dream, but who’s heard of the European Dream? Did we even know there was one? Ironically, it’s an American who writes about this–and who believes it is quietly eclipsing the American dream. Jeremy Rifkin’s book,…
Yesterday, the tenth day of the tenth month of the tenth year of the new millennium, was a global day to reflect on progress made towards commitments made by all 192 United Nations member states in 2000 to reduce extreme…
Recently my wife and I were invited to attend an evening in an Amsterdam cinema sponsored by a secular consultancy firm. The theme was ‘Religion connects! Religion connects?’ The company, which prides itself on being voted the best firm in…
A few days ago I found myself addressing a national political party gathering in Switzerland, speaking about the biblical roots of Europe and Switzerland. It was rather bizarre to be telling stories about Swiss history to the Swiss! One of…
20 sept 2010 Last week we wrote about how we needed our memories jogged about the roots of western society. Last Friday, it seems the President of the European Council, Dr Herman van Rompuy, set out to jog the memories…
