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Archbishop Rowan replies to letter from 6 year old.

 Six-year-old girl writes a letter to God. And the Archbishop of Canterbury answers

By Damian Thompson Religion Last updated: April 22nd, 2011

Archbishop Williams plays God

There’s a charming article in today’s Times by Alex Renton, a non-believer who sends his six-year-old daughter Lulu to a Scottish church primary school. Her teachers asked her to write the following letter: “To God, How did you get invented?” The Rentons were taken aback: “We had no idea that a state primary affiliated with a church would do quite so much God,” says her father. He could have told Lulu that, in his opinion, there was no God; or he could have pretended that he was a believer. He chose to do neither, instead emailing her letter to the Scottish Episcopal Church (no reply), the Presbyterians (ditto) and the Scottish Catholics (a nice but theologically complex answer). For good measure, he also sent it to “the head of theology of the Anglican Communion, based at Lambeth Palace” – and this was the response:

Join Rethink and thousands of disabled people in London Protest Wednesday May 11th

Join Rethink and thousands of disabled people in London Protest

Join Rethink and thousands of disabled people to protest in London against the impact of government cuts on disabled people. Sign up to join the ‘Hardest Hit’ March today.

Let’s show the Government that people care about cuts to benefits and services for people with mental illness. By marching together with fellow disability groups, our power and impact will become stronger.

Software helps rural patients manage chronic conditions

 

Software helps rural patients manage chronic conditions

21 April 2011 | By Stephen Harris

A project using mobile phones to help rural sufferers of chronic diseases manage their conditions has received £1.6m of funding.

Researchers from the UK and India plan to develop mobile-based software that allows patients to monitor their treatment of illnesses such as diabetes and depression while exchanging information with their doctors.