On our View from Earth blog, we mark the end of the week of prayer for Christian Unity.
Andrew Barr reflects on a lifelong friendship going back to 1947.
Gail links Abba’s “Money, money, money” with the eight billionaires who have more money than the poorest half of the world’s population put together.
In the news, the moderator of the Church of Scotland used last Sunday’s “Homelessness Sunday” to appeal once again for the homeless. He has also welcomed the induction of three women ministers in Lanark.
Pope Francis has inspired Macdonalds in Rome to provide free food for the homeless and is using his Papal Almoner to open the homeless hostels at night and has even ordered Papal vehicles to be left open at night for the homeless to sleep in.
The reflection is on the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and “Martin Luther; Renegade and Prophet” by Professor Lyndal Roper.