Straws in the Wind

STRAWS IN THE WIND 2 God is preparing a greater age of Christianity, which will bless the earth. He has made us weaker to make way for a clear display of his own strength and grace. He himself is calling people to seek Jesus and his spiritual body, the Church. This is a corner of our website which highlights signs of hope in the world today. Here are two RESURGENCE OF THE Catholic FAITH There has been a lot attention given to a recent survey of people’s attitudes to Christianity. It was commissioned by the Bible Society, and carried out by the independent pollsters YouGov. It threw up some encouraging facts. Most outstanding is that there is an increase of young adults seeking to join the Church. The proportion of young men attending Church has risen from 4% to 21% since 2018. Here is a link to an article about the survey. It was by Catherine Pepinster in the Telegraph on 14 th of April, entitled: The extraordinary resurgence of the Catholic faith in Britain. ( please click on the title of the article) ATHEIST FEMINIST JOINS THE Catholic Church The powerful attacks on faith by militant atheists in recent years has had an enormous effect on how people think in Britain. Denying the existence of God has become popular and trendy. That dismayed us because it was so new and forceful. But there are signs that its momentum is decreasing rapidly as people feel its depressing and impoverishing effects. Basically it proclaims that there is no meaning in life, or, as Richard Dawkins put it, we are just the product of random genes which need to reproduce themselves. There is now a trend in the opposite direction. Here is a link to a YouTube video of a “conversation with Ayaan Hirsi Ali ( please click on the name) a prominent atheist feminist about her recent journey into the Church. It is an hour and a half long, but well worth viewing.