Are you a victim?

It’s tempting to avoid accepting blame by calling ourselves ‘victims’. Watch any commercial break on daytime TV and you will be bombarded with adverts from people like InjuryLawyers4You, telling you that you could be a ‘victim’ deserving of thousands of pounds. It seems we are no longer clumsy or distracted – no, somebody else is always to blame! Read any newspaper and you will see public figures calling themselves ‘victims’ of pressure or ‘victims’ of addiction, rather than owning up to their sordid affair or drugs binge.

If Easter had been on Twitter

PRAY 4 MUAMBA

It was a terrible moment when Bolton Wanderers star Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the pitch from a freak heart attack. The compassionate response from all fans of football, and many besides, has been extraordinary. When Tim Cahill scored for Chelsea the following day, he lifted his shirt to reveal the words ‘PRAY 4 MUAMBA’.

The News of the World!

Love it or hate it – you can’t deny that The News of the World has had a massive influence on British life. When it was first published back in 1843, it soon gained its reputation for following scandals, sex affairs and celebrities. And not much had changed until it was shut down last July as a result of the phone- hacking scandal. Some rejoiced at this news, but others wept. Where will we go now for our shock headlines? Well, don’t bother with The Sun on Sunday – why not give John’s Gospel a read? In this eye- witness account of Jesus’ life there are shocks and scandals aplenty! Here are just two examples to get you started.

CREATOR SNUBBED BY WORLD!

Slideshow: The Queen and I

St George’s Holiday Bible Club went to the Palace in February half term. Sixty children gathered each morning to learn about Queen Esther and how God used her, and her relative Mordecai, to save his people from their enemies.

Click the slideshow for a glimpse of what they got up to.

What is wrong with the world?

“The fact is that the day is very dark. The heavens are lowering with heavy thunder clouds. Men little dream of what storms may soon shake the city and the whole fabric of the land, even to a general breaking up of society...The days are evil.”

Those words were written by Charles Spurgeon in the 19th century – and they could easily describe London and the UK today. Despite 150 years of unparalleled advances, the times are still evil. What’s wrong?