In loving his own productive, generative, generous love, God loves all those ways in which that love can be realised in creation. Rowan Williams creationgenerativegenerous Change image and share on social
What can we say about a marketing culture that so openly feeds and colludes with obsession? The Disney empire has developed this to an unprecedented degree of professionalism. Rowan Williams colludeculturedegree Change image and share on social
Quite a lot of our contemporary culture is actually shot through with a resentment of limits and the passage of time, anger at what we can't do, fear or even disgust at growing old. Rowan Williams angercontemporaryculture Change image and share on social
To help the poor to a capacity for action and liberty is something essential for one's own health as well as theirs: there is a needful gift they have to offer which cannot be offered so long as they are confined by poverty. Rowan Williams actioncapacityconfine share on social
Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality. Rowan Williams createequalityexist Change image and share on social
Well, today, the diocese is more than ever a microcosm. Rowan Williams diocesemicrocosmtoday Change image and share on social
The answer was that in Burundi, having a clean bill of health has taken on a very particular meaning: unless and until you have paid for your hospital treatment, you simply can't leave, you are in effect a captive. Rowan Williams answerbillburundi share on social
Whether something is old-fashioned or not doesn't resolve the question of whether it's true or not. I can see the temptation of simply thinking, 'Well, there's a cultural mainstream which flows neatly in one direction. You just align with it'. And that really won't do. Rowan Williams alignculturaldirection share on social
And when the world is created, it is created in such a way that those eternal objects of God's loving wisdom become actualities - interacting with one another, relating to God in the finite realm. Rowan Williams actualitycreateeternal Change image and share on social
My visit this autumn is an opportunity to continue that rich tradition of visits between Canterbury and Rome. Rowan Williams autumncanterburycontinue Change image and share on social