Is this an ongoing genocide, or yesterdays flattery to used to gain advantage. Surely it is wiser for people to get along and be kind to each other no matter a religious view which divides and has hatred involved, but maybe it is more than this as leaders on both sides there are in the wrong in both political thinking ways. If the Uk and the other nations can go ahead and recognise a 2 state palestine, then surely they must be able to redrwaw lines on a map in ukraine also as the western part was often criticised for its russian ethnicity by the western part of ukraine long before that war started. Is it all about oil and gas that many EU nations buy from russia, and is it powers that be forgetting humanity and its need to refocus and live peacefully. co exisiting rather than destroying. The build up of military arms might be able to be overcome by wisdom instead. AVAAZ is one protest organisation trying to put across humanitys views and their efforts have been a help often, and others like care international try to help in human ways, as do the red cross and red crescent aid organisations. No one wins in a war really, and why the ramp up to ww3 ongoing, with all this entails. Most people want to just live in peace,have enough food to eat, live peaceful happy lives and just get on with normal life. why should settllers take over land and others homes , why? The kids in gaza need hope and food asap. In russia the news blackout of what is really happening is true, and the mums and dads of soldiers lost are grieving, as are ukrainian mums and dads. no to mention brorthers and sisters. This is a sad time annd a crisis in most places, yet love overcomes and if god is love and whoever lives in love lives in god and god in them, then this spirit ofl ove is gods spirit,and yet we need this badlly now. beyond thiis we face bigger chalenges. why does uk want to go for more nuclear power when many allternatives are availabe.why drill more oil when we need to stop this and go alternative asap.why go for growth in economies when we need to reduce,reduuce,reduce.why rely onAI with its assoociated risks when fake is the modern reality. can we do more, or at lleast start to address climate change if iit is real. Why go for more amazon trees tobe cut down,when we need their help to simply survive. why have 3 % owning 97 of wealth when others need help. A lot of isues and the best time to start is right now.

they might be the " halls of sion bright with many and angel. as the spirt of the lord is in us all. and they are not churches, as the church is his spirit in us whrever we are or go to..its his church and spiritual and his eyes enter at baptism in us all. These stone buildings are preaching christ return.alll wrong and stil the focus on the old jerusalem, but the new jerusalem is his spirit in us all, as christians, all saints as saint is syynonym for christian and all siners too, no one holier than anyone else., a spiritual city of the living god in us.the river of life in the city is his spirit in us.trees either side of the river we are and fruits are the kidnesses we show. we are asked never to bring christ up or down, quite right as christ meant victim, and he defeated the devil of the cross so victor and king not christ and victim. The stone buildings are simply man made control systems, to keep the public at the control of powers that be,and stone altars wrong as the true alltars are our hearts showing kindness. i could say knock them all down and all cathederals too, unlesss the new jerusalem is preached in all. Many coud be made into housing for homeless. see philemon, "the church that meets at your house" , it's in our homes and houses and workplaces and offices subways and train stations and on trains,planes and boats we meet. Do not go to church, we are the church. We are a family worldwide,any color, age, sex , race, nation. and even in space..see my church views please in posts. we have a job to do and to revive, restore and heal,not kill each other and all other living things and the planet itself. . wrong gospel preached for the past 2 k years it sems no one has ever read or understod a book caled the bible ever. but just a personal view.

We all learn from birth. OUR FAMILIES HELP US GROW ,AND THE LOVE AND CARE AND SUPORT PROVIDED ARE KEY TO LEARNING . Skill sets are learnt and language skills are learnt from the environment around us from an early age. There are over 7000 languages on earth, and over 5000 religions too. Some children are savants,and so child geniuses,and and i've taught a lot of these online in english.I have met and taught at least 10 kids under 9 years od whose average score in a maths test is 100 %, and many can speak several languages fluently by age 9 . Kids like this often have a difficulty integrating in normal school classes as there are simply too bright,but one girl went to oxford uni at age 10 in the uk and intelligence is not a matter of simply age.I think a young boy of 9 has a degree in korea now. If this type of gift is common, it might be able to be fostered and helped, and i teach one young man from japan of age 9 who is a savant and like a stephen hawkin. www.futurelearn.com has over100 english uni's online worldwide and there are both short courses as well as online degrees and MBAs people can take worldwide. Older people can continue learning lifelong in this way, and it helps keep active minds as nuroscience says this helps congitive function a lot. Learning is lifelong and one man of 92 got his first Phd in Barcelona recently and a man of 85 passed his first BA degree in High Wycome uni recently too. Languages should be fun to learn and used in fun ways,not stricts ways with focus on correctness. Saying a few words and phrases from a phrasebok like a berlitz guide is not expensve and helps a lot and all locals worldwide appreciate it if you can say at least a few words in their own language.

love is real and is the strongest power, and yet it is in the tiniest of ways that it really matters most. Love is both spiritual and a feeling and practical also and actions can link to better times. All babies need nappy changes,and older people may need this too. Life is often messsy and the kindnesss and care and practical help are vital. Love is real and in ordinariness is key. I am sure the spirit of love is god's spirit anywehere and everyhere,and life is built around , and with this positive power and strength. Love can overcome the biggest of challenges and it taskes time,effort and perseverance always..as well as patience and confidence ...and hope. Love grows and builds up and does not tear down. A real friend loves at al times and a brother is born for adversity and can help most when times are tough. Love is physical, sexual and mental and spiritual, and life's driving force. In the poem desiderata it says " love is as perenial as the grass". In a dessert the ground can become dryand it may seem as if life has gone as in a drought there is no grass. Yet when the rains come suddenly even the driest of desserts can very quickly revive and seas of new grass suddenly appear and flowers bloom and it is as though all life is re born. So lets hope and pray we times of revival, renewal and restoration and hope for the futuure rather than ww3 and al this might entail. God is a god of hope and a repairer ofbrokkenwalls,and if this spirit of love is god's spirit,then surely in all homes and places and offices and workplaces,and in the tiniest parts of our daily ordinary lives also.

Millions of people will attend church services this Christmas - over five million in England and Wales alone for the main denominations. But what about the rest of the year? Can the Church of England sustain its almost 16,000 church buildings in the face of declining and ageing congregations, especially in rural areas? Consultations within the Church of England are continuing over the fate of its buildings, many of which are listed. It has proposed that some should become "festival churches" - used mainly for Christmas, Easter and weddings to ease the burden on rural vicars. They often serve three or four churches - although some can even serve up to ten churches in the most extreme cases. At St Mary Newington in south London, Canon Giles Fraser's congregation is of all ages - and full of enthusiasm. But he is a leading critic of the focus on buildings, saying that the Church of England spends too much time and energy saving steeples rather than souls. His own church was, as he puts it, re-designed by the Luftwaffe in the Second World War. The surviving tower next to the modern church is listed - and crumbling. It will require £275,000 of building work to keep it safe. Giles Fraser argues that the Church should exist to take care of people not porticos, and that the sheer number of buildings (and their maintenance) has become a millstone around the Church's neck. Few become priests in order to manage buildings, although that is the fate of all too many vicars, who need to find grants or raise funds from their local community to keep a solid roof over their congregation's heads. Burden and blessing The Church of England has described the number of its buildings - many of which boast glorious architecture from all periods - as both a burden and a blessing. While rural churches may be much loved by their local community, they are often not so well attended: around a quarter of them boast a congregation of fewer than ten people a week. And while the countryside is home to the majority of Anglican churches (some 57%), it is also home to just 17% of the population.