by Mark Williamson | Oct 2, 2013 | Blog, City of London: Business
A very interesting looking film on tax avoidance and the City of London is slowly starting to creep higher in the public consciousness. Journalist and Labour activist Mark Donne has got together with Father William Taylor, a vicar from Hackney, to look more into the...
by Mark Williamson | Sep 23, 2013 | Blog, City of London: Business
New temples of Mammon are being constantly built across London at the moment. Wikipedia defines Mammon as “wealth or greed, most often personified as a deity.” And Jesus tells us that “You cannot serve both God and Mammon” (Matthew 6:24). But is Mammon the deity most...
by Mark Williamson | Sep 2, 2013 | Blog, City of London: Business
For any people ever tempted to give up on prayer, take a trip to Jamaica Wine House at St Michael’s Alley in the City of London. It’s a place to get re-inspired as to what God can do through a group of praying activists who decide to take on the world. Jamaica Wine...
by Mark Williamson | Jul 29, 2013 | Blog, City of London: Business, City of Westminster: Politics, Journalistic London: Media, Legal London: Law, London, University London: Academia, West End London: Arts
Praying for London can get pretty overwhelming at times. It can feel messy, and it’s easy to lose focus on the real issues. I’ve written about this before (see The Purpose of London). The solution I came up with is to pray for the different key spheres that make up...
by Mark Williamson | Jul 15, 2013 | Blog, City of London: Business
London dragons mark the boundary of the City of London at many of its entrance points. Like the above one, from the entrance near Tower Hill, they all face outward, towards those who are entering the city. What do they represent? How did London come to use such a...
by Mark Williamson | Jul 10, 2013 | Blog, City of London: Business
Adam Hochschild tells the story of the abolition of the slave trade in his seminal work Bury the Chains. His book begins with a group of 12 people, 9 Quakers and 3 Anglicans, gathering at a print shop at 2 George Yard, London, for the first meeting of the Society for...
