Jonathan Clark

  • When the promise of spring is not enough

    When the promise of spring is not enough

    Surely the coming of the sun, warmth, re-growth in nature, and for many Easter and everything associated with it, must be heart-warming and mood lifting, yet for many all of this reinforces just how bad they are feeling inside, how isolated they are from those around them, and how much they are missing.

  • Why are we so reluctant to pick up the phone and call people?

    Why are we so reluctant to pick up the phone and call people?

    Over the last few months I have become aware of a strange phenomenon which has been a consequence of lockdown and the disruption of normal social behaviours. This is a reticence to take the first step and to call people to keep in touch.

  • As we look to unlock society, the Church must connect with the isolated, lonely and bereft

    As we look to unlock society, the Church must connect with the isolated, lonely and bereft

    Jonathan Clark on why it's naïve to assume, as some do, that everyone is already catered for in some way or other by the "support services" at the current time, whether this relates to the voluntary, statutory, or faith communities.