Nicholas Baines

LATEST ARTICLES ( 599 )

• Curiosity

  

  This is the text of this morning's Pause for Thought on the Chris Evans Show on BBC Radio 2 with Brian Cox, John Lloyd, Rebecca Front and Nerina Pallot in the... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Is Your Love Big Enough?

  

  This is the script of this morning's Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2's Chris Evans Show with Sara Cox and guests: Gabby Logan, Josh Gad and Lianne LaHavas. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Earthing the Church in West Yorkshire and the Dales

  This is the text of my Presidential Address to the third and final Diocesan Synod of this new diocese held in Harrogate on Saturday 18 July 2015:This is... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Ten Years After 7/7

  This article was published today in the Yorkshire Post.I remember 7 July 2005 very clearly.I was in my office in Croydon when a friend phoned to say she couldn'... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Violence and the Future

  This is the text of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme:The Dalai Lama was at Glastonbury yesterday, but not for the music. Twic... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Has the World Gone Mad?

  This is the script of this morning's Thought for the day on BBC Radio 4's Today programme:Recently I was in Stuttgart and took part in a two-hour discussion wit... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• A New Bishop of Richmond

  It has been announced this morning that the Venerable Paul Slater, currently Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven, is to be the Bishop of Richmond in the Diocese o... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The World is Going Mad

  How things have changed.It is a week ago that I headed off to Stuttgart for the Kirchentag – the amazing conference put on across a German city every two... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• First Speech in the House of Lords

  This is the text of my maiden speech – for better or worse – in the House of Lords this afternoon. It should be viewable here. Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• When Things Go Wrong…

  This is the text of this morning’s Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2’s Chris Evans Show – with Chris just having returned from the Monaco Grand Prix:Well, there ... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Best of Religious Broadcasting

  

  Tomorrow evening I will be chairing the 2015 Sandford St Martin Awards ceremony at Lambeth Palace. These annual awards are prestigious and pull in some amazing... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Grief and Forgiveness

  This is the text of this morning's Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4's Today programme:Prince Charles in IrelandPrince Charles's speeches in Ireland this week... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Post-election Blues

  

  Well, if we had any suspicion about polls before, we certainly do now. And, if we needed any confirmation that politicians should tell us the truth and not... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• General Election 2015

  I led a clergy study day in Leeds this week on the theme 'Theology of Hope'. I wanted to help us think about our ministry in terms opened up by the theologians... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• First Birthday

  

  Today the Diocese of West Yorkshire & the Dales (Leeds) is one year old. The three historic dioceses of Bradford, Ripon & Leeds and Wakefield were dissolved on... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Where the Sun (still) Don’t Shine

  A couple of days ago Katie Hopkins wrote a piece in the Sun newspaper in which she called migrants on the Mediterranean “cockroaches”. The Sun saw fit to publis... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Real Church of England

  The Church of England is investing a huge amount of time and energy into re-shaping its agenda. Not in order to bolster the institution, but in order to get us... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Good Friday?

  This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2’s Chris Evans Show with Sara Cox. Guests included UB40 and there are four of their song... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Five Words

  It is an interesting week for words. Try these:1. CLEAR: When will politicians realise that repeatedly using the word ‘clear’ does not actually make their view... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Hypocrisy

  This is the script for this morning's Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 4's Today programme:Yesterday I went to a church near Huddersfield to dedicate a new font. Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2015 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY