A Christian Gospel for Holy Week, Brexit and Climate Change
At the peak of our industrial and technological progress, enjoying comforts that previous generations could only dream about yet surrounded by poverty and homelessness, confused and frustrated by the politics of Brexit and Trump, marvelling at the millions pledged to rebuild Notre Dame yet wondering why no-one pledged enough to rehouse the victims of Grenfell Tower, we pause to ponder what the gospel of Holy Week has to offer to our current context. I am indebted to Revd Gethin Rhys, National Policy Officer for CYT Û N (Churches Together in Wales) for his reflection on Luke 23.1-49 which follows (URC Daily Reflection Good Friday): The Roman Empire was one of the cruellest and most violent in human history. Its power covered most of the known world. The head of a small subservient nation could have his soldiers mock and scorn an accused over whom he had no jurisdiction. An Imperial Governor could find someone innocent and then have him flogged anyway in order to satisfy the