Fr. Dan Stork Banks is the Vicar of St. Lawrence Church, Chobham, in the Diocese of Guildford in the Church of England. Fr. Dan can be contacted at danstorkbanks@gmail.com
To use an English working-class phrase, there is a bit of “ding-dong” between Christians this month. Christmas carol services are not usually flashpoints of controversy. They are meant to be unifying, nostalgic, and a soft reassertion of a story that once held the English together. Yet last weekend in London, a carol service organized by…
Donald Trump’s re-election victory stunned elites on both sides of the Atlantic and has unmasked the disconnect between the ideologies of Church of England Bishops and the daily lives of the people they serve. The reach of American media, combined with the global significance of its political outcomes, ensures that American political developments help shape political, media,…