John Leech

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Presenter and Producer at BBC Radio Essex

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Articles

Help to bend moral universe toward justice

1 month ago | tucson.com | John Leech

The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer:“The meek shall inherit the earth.” (Psalm 37:11)“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” (Matthew 5:5)There is a hymn that in some contexts seems almost cruel. It begins, “If you but trust in God to guide thee …” and seems to promise that if you do that everything will work out. Well it does, if you take the long-run view. After all, everything will work out, as a friend reminded me, because Revelations says so.
Help to bend moral universe toward justice

1 month ago | tucson.com | John Leech

The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer:“The meek shall inherit the earth.” (Psalm 37:11)“Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” (Matthew 5:5)There is a hymn that in some contexts seems almost cruel. It begins, “If you but trust in God to guide thee …” and seems to promise that if you do that everything will work out. Well it does, if you take the long-run view. After all, everything will work out, as a friend reminded me, because Revelations says so.
Local opinion: A saint for all seasons

Dec 9, 2024 | tucson.com | John Leech

The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer:The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness; prepare ye the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. (Isaiah 40:3)Preachers tell us we need prophets. Prophets tell us what is really going on. They are not primarily people who predict the future. They tell us what is going on right now in our present situation and what it means in the light of the sovereignty of God.
Letter: The importance of voting

Nov 2, 2024 | tucson.com | John Leech

My mother was raised by hand by a suffragette, and so it was impressed upon her that voting is a hard won right. I thought of her today after reading the story about Arizona "super voters" in the Arizona Daily Star (by Caitlin McGlade) reproduced from the Arizona Republic. “Call them super voters: about 2750 Arizonans have cast a ballot in every primary and general election for at least three decades”And I thought about Beni Witbooi, my neighbor in Berkeley back in the early 1980s.
And New Yorkers Think the Gowanus Canal Is Bad

Oct 25, 2024 | nautil.us | Hugh Aldersey-Williams |John Leech

Science may happen in laboratories, but that does not isolate it from the rest of human society. Scientists are just as likely as any of us to become concerned about what is happening in the wider world, and to feel the urge to express their views. For some of them, though, there is a residual unease about doing this that is not felt by the rest of us; because scientists work in a highly specialized arena, sometimes there is a reluctance to speak out in areas beyond their narrow expertise.
Do as the Psalm calls us to do

Aug 4, 2024 | tucson.com | John Leech

Let us listen to what the Lord God is saying, for he is speaking peace to his faithful people and to those who turn their hearts to him. Truly, mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Truth shall spring up from the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven. Righteousness shall go before him, and peace shall be a pathway for his feet. — Psalm 85It is a call not to despair but to repentance.
The Role of Onboarding in Retaining Healthcare Talent

Jul 31, 2024 | urbanbound.com | John Leech

Turnover, turnover, turnover: in the healthcare industry, it’s an ongoing refrain. After all, the current hospital turnover rate stands at a worrisome 20.7%. That’s why 96% of healthcare employers cite improving retention as a key goal. If your hospital is one of them, it’s time to rethink some related HR factors, starting with your onboarding process. Why?
We are called to come together as one

Jul 7, 2024 | tucson.com | John Leech

‘So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God…” — Ephesians 2:19 The book of Ruth has been called an idyllic, romantic story. It just begins with famine, exile and death. As the story begins, it is a time of famine. From Bethlehem, their home, a couple travel with their sons east and south across the Jordan Valley and down to the land of Moab east of the Dead Sea. There they live, with their two sons, for 10 years.
Choose loyalty, loving kindness above all else

Jun 9, 2024 | tucson.com | John Leech

There’s a short story in the Old Testament that fits in between the end of the book of Judges and the beginning of the first book of Samuel and it is called Ruth. Ruth is from the outset a foreign widow, destitute in a time of famine, but by the end of the story, the community is hailing her as a matriarch named in the same breath as the wives of Jacob. And indeed, in the epilogue to this four-chapter story, we see that her grandson becomes the second king of Israel.
The difference between contracts and covenants

May 26, 2024 | tucson.com | John Leech

The great Rabbi Jonathan Sacks explained the difference between the sort of contracts that flourish in the world of individual choice and covenants that flourish best in those realms that are deeper than individual utility: “A contract is about interests. A covenant is about identity.