For audio, click on the icon below. The text that I had in front of me is below, though I think I went a little off piste once or twice.

It is often said that history is written by the winners – whenever there is a conflict, it is those who come out on top who get to write the story about what happened. There is a lot of truth in that – history is indeed written by the winners. However, what about places where no-one wins. It seems if we look at the middle east today that no-one is winning the conflict there. And in that situation, everyone seems to think that they can write and rewrite history. It is the same in our communion at the moment. Can there be winners in this strife? [Read more…]