In the UK, the new Labour leader Ed Milliband is about to embark on a rethink of his party’s policies. He says it’s time to make some changes as they begin the journey to regain power.
A Japanese politician has resigned after he said that his job was easy. Apparently he had two standard replies when he was asked a difficult question to which he didn’t know the answer. I wonder whether he may have been able to stay if he had learnt one or two more answers. But some people can’t change, even a little.
Still in Japan and speaking of little, a tiny Chihuahua is about to become a police dog. The tiny pooch has just passed its police exam and will help out in search and rescue operations. It is amazing how something so small could have such a profound affect on the lives of others.
This week WordLive is all about the things that can bring us closer to God: being like a child, being less than others, selling everything you have and giving the money to the poor. It’s all about change, and how those changes in your life can have a big effect.
Darren
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Friday, 26 November 2010
Friday, 10 October 2008
A long week…
A lot can happen in a week. And this past week in particular has seen unthinkable things happening in the world of economics and finance. Three Icelandic banks have been rescued1 (I didn’t know that Iceland had three banks – it’s hardly any bigger than the city where I live). What will have happened to the world’s economy in a week’s time?
Meanwhile the US presidential campaign has moved on from focusing on the economy to personal abuse and back to the economy. Who knows what will happen by the time of the election on November 4? It’s amazing to me that anyone would want to be leader just now. Fortunately, the President of Ukraine seems to know why. Announcing a snap election he said that it’s ambition that drives politicians2. Only politicians?
One of the key questions all of this raises is whether we will learn from it? Of course politicians will try to improve regulation. But will we still keep chasing after the same things, imagining that we can all have it all? That really is a fool’s paradise.
Yet again this week’s readings bring a different vision. The acclaimed leader will be killed within a week. The needy are blessed rather than the privileged. And when justice eventually comes, not everyone will think it is good news. That was a long week too.
Emlyn Williams
October 2008
1 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7660511.stm
2 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/europe/10ukraine.html?ref=europe
Meanwhile the US presidential campaign has moved on from focusing on the economy to personal abuse and back to the economy. Who knows what will happen by the time of the election on November 4? It’s amazing to me that anyone would want to be leader just now. Fortunately, the President of Ukraine seems to know why. Announcing a snap election he said that it’s ambition that drives politicians2. Only politicians?
One of the key questions all of this raises is whether we will learn from it? Of course politicians will try to improve regulation. But will we still keep chasing after the same things, imagining that we can all have it all? That really is a fool’s paradise.
Yet again this week’s readings bring a different vision. The acclaimed leader will be killed within a week. The needy are blessed rather than the privileged. And when justice eventually comes, not everyone will think it is good news. That was a long week too.
Emlyn Williams
October 2008
1 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7660511.stm
2 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/world/europe/10ukraine.html?ref=europe
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