It could be easy to get depressed when you read about the current economic crisis. I must confessed I’m a bit of a current affairs junkie. It might be the Irish bit in me. I find it fascinating that Peter Mandelson is back in the Cabinet. It is reported that he and the Prime Minister have resolved their differences and are now going to work together for the good of the country. It is stories like this one that makes the old adage ” a week it a long time in politics” believable. Certainly in the political world Mandelson is seen as a shrewd operator only time will tell if this appointment has been a successful.

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Viewing all this from a theological perspective there is something either foolish or faithful about this story. There is a part of me that wants to believe in the full of faith bit. Its about friends who became enemies who have become colleagues again. Both men have taken a big risk, I wish them well if for nothing else, I like the principle of people making moves to be reconciled to each other.