Author: Jeff Fountain
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Dirty Business?
Politics, as everybody ‘knows’, is a dirty business. No place for Christians, so the argument goes. Or should we say that’s the very reason why Christians should be involved? This week in Brussels, Romkje and I have been coaching young aspiring politicians as part of a programme of the European Christian Political Movement wrestling with this sort of question.…
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Schuman Talk (Episode 18) – Hanna Hopko & Yuriy Kulakevych
Join us for a new Schuman Talk, where our host Jeff Fountain discusses “Ukraine at a crossroads” with guests Hanna Hopko and Yuriy Kulakevych. Hanna Hopko is a former chair of Ukrainian Parliamentary Commitee on European and Foreing Affairs. Yuriy Kulakevych is a Ukrainian Pentecostal Church Foreign Liaison. The Schuman Talk will start on 9th…
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Invest In Sustainability
No one these days dares speak against sustainability. After all, who’d want Greta Thunberg to get on their case? Unless, of course, we’re talking about relationships. For here we touch on one of society’s big hypocrisies. Our governments and industries spend billions on promoting the sustainability of natural resources and environment. But who’s investing in…
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A Long Story
No-one knows what Vladimir Putin is going to do next on the Ukrainian border – including perhaps Putin himself. Having made such sweeping demands for western concessions, he cannot easily simply back out of the confrontation he has created without losing face. Options include a ‘peace-keeping’ mission taking over the Donbas area, and/or the strip…
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A Unique Sanctuary
On a family visit last week, I was taken to the city which a thousand years ago was Europe’s (some say the world’s) largest and most cultured. Not Rome, nor London, nor Paris – but Cordoba, in southern Spain. With an estimated population of 450,000 at the turn of the millennium, the city boasted…