HONOUR THE DEAD AMONG + THE CARERS, HEALTH WORKERS, SHOP WORKERS + FRONT LINERS

Tonight, rightly, we are being encouraged to applaud the exemplary commitment of health workers, whose lives and those of their families are at great risk, during this pandemic. Their outstanding and selfless service is inspirational and humbling and I, for one, will be clapping for them. I also will be clapping for the supermarket cashiers and workers and all others, who are continuing to carry out vital work for the community, despite the risk to themselves. Many are privileged to be able to stay at home and protect themselves and their loved ones from exposure, but others, faced with the unenviable choice of working in essential services or hunkering down, have taken the noble path of altruism. Their heroism is often unrecognised, unidentified and unlauded. Tonight, I will be clapping for them also and will hold all such in my thoughts, prayers, and in the highest respect.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8153979/Britain-urged-applaud-NHS-workers-doorsteps-8pm-tonight.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8157239/Britons-flock-doorways-balconies-gardens-applaud-hard-work-NHS-staff.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8192199/Ten-London-public-transport-workers-including-EIGHT-bus-drivers-died-coronavirus.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8196077/Mother-London-bus-driver-36-died-Covid-19-voices-fears-protective-equipment.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8199193/Sadiq-Khan-reavels-14-TfL-staff-died-coronavirus-says-dont-need-PPE.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8200315/Three-nursing-home-workers-die-coronavirus-helping-elderly.html

ARCHBISHOP JONATHAN BLAKE - MY LIFE - PART ONE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFpYhuH-n7Q

ARCHBISHOP JONATHAN BLAKE - MY LIFE - PART TWO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STVJxukhA3o

I AM PROUD OF MY WRITING, FOR JESUS’S SAKE, THAT HAS HAD ME FOUND INNOCENT IN HEAVEN, BUT TWICE A CRIMINAL ON THE EARTH. THE FIRST IN 1990 WHEN I WROTE A BIBLICAL TEXT ON THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT IN PEACEFUL PROTEST ABOUT THE BOMBING OF YOUNG IRAQI RECRUITS DURING THE FIRST GULF WAR. THE SECOND, IN 2016 WHEN I WROTE ON MY BLOG, TO ALERT THE PUBLIC ABOUT A PAEDOPHILE, AND WAS SUCCESSFUL IN FORCING THE AUTHORITIES TO STOP HIM HAVING ACCESS TO CHILDREN. THERE WAS ALMOST A THIRD! IN 1997, WHEN I WAS ARRESTED FOR NAILING MY PROPOSALS FOR REFORM OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ON THE DOOR OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL. WORDS ARE POWERFUL MESSAGES THAT CHALLENGE  CORRUPTION, CONFRONT THE WICKED AND CREATE A BETTER WORLD. JESUS IS THE WORD OF GOD AND HIS FOLLOWERS ARE CALLED  TO COMMUNICATE HIS WORDS,  IRRESPECTIVE OF THE COST.

http://bishopjonathanblake.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/press-release-concerning-met-police.html

"You brave, courageous and wonderful man. To stand up for the truth in the face of suppression and oppression is truly an act of a pure heart."