Archbishop’s Easter Message, read the headlines for one newspaper on Easter Monday, 1986, followed by a sub-heading in larger print, "Runcie applauds forgiving vicar." The reporter, Clifford Longley, wrote, "The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Robert Runcie, yesterday bestowed an Easter absolution on the perpetrators of the recent horrific incident in a west London vicarage." Longley was referring to the attack upon a Church of England clergyman, his daughter, and her boy friend that occurred in the middle ...
... , Sam Erwin looked at him and said: "Son, all my life I've been preparing for this moment. I am ready." Graham Greene once observed. "There is always one moment when the door opens and lets the future in." Will you be ready when your time comes? Robert Runcie was. During a battle in WWII a British tank was hit. The crew, except for the co driver, scrambled out. The turret on the tank was stuck in such a position where it could not be opened, pinning the copilot inside. Under heavy fire, a soldier jumped ...
