• The Guardian view on Labour doing God: faith communities can play a part in national renewal | Editorial

    The Guardian view on Labour doing God: faith communities can play a part in national renewal | Editorial
    Sir Keir Starmer is not a believer, but he is right to recognise the value of religious organisations’ commitment to the common goodAlastair Campbell never intended his famous assertion, “We don’t do God” to be taken as gospel for the Labour party. Though his intervention during a 2003 interview with Tony Blair has often been interpreted as a kind of secular edict, Mr Campbell has expressed personal sympathy for a “pro-faith atheist” position. As he seeks pote
  • I may not be a Christian anymore, but Lord knows I need forgiveness | Geoffrey Mak

    I may not be a Christian anymore, but Lord knows I need forgiveness | Geoffrey Mak
    I used to think grown men don’t cry, but the older I get, I find I am crying all the time. I’m grateful that Christ forgives allWhen I realize that my one-year anniversary with my boyfriend is on Easter Sunday, I text Merray. “That’s … a lot,” she jokes. Both of us had grown up Christian: me Chinese Baptist, her Coptic Orthodox. She texts me about her girlhood Easter dress: an empire waist baby-doll top with cap sleeves. It made her disdain her breasts becaus

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