Christianity and the Environment  

Saturday afternoon and to Great Missenden to take part in the Living Hope Environmental Conference run by St Peter and St Paul Parish Church and Great Missenden CE Combined School. A  lot of hard work and planning had clearly gone into an ambitious programme that included  sessions on fair trade, Christian Aid, working with children,  spirituality and the environment and reflecting concern for the planet in forms of worship.  It was good to see that well over 100 people from all over the Oxford diocese had come to take part. My own short session on the theme “What Can Politicians Do to Reduce Environmental Impact” sparked a range of questions from the more philosophical – how should we engage with climate change sceptics- to the very down-to-earth – would I support a campaign   to help churches get through the tangle of red tape (from diocesan faculty to local...