Peter Rice on social boundaries
From 2025 07 20 Peter Rice | Woman at the Well · · Mount Zion Church
“Jesus defied all social and religious boundaries by speaking to a Samaritan woman, an outcast, and an adulteress, to reach her with love and truth.”
On , Peter Rice, Former chairman of Disney General Entertainment at Independent, spoke about social boundaries during 2025 07 20 Peter Rice | Woman at the Well on Mount Zion Church.
About Peter Rice
Peter Rice, a former chairman of Disney General Entertainment, has been active in public health and religious speaking engagements in 2025. In July, he delivered a sermon on the biblical story of the woman at the well, in which he emphasized Jesus' willingness to break social and religious boundaries to reach an outcast. He described the encounter as an example of one-on-one evangelism and said that "every encounter, every circumstance, and every person crossing our path is a divine appointment, not a coincidence." In June, Rice participated in a Polish conference on addiction policy as president of the European Alcohol Policy Alliance. He discussed the impact of minimum unit pricing in Scotland, stating that research showed it led to a 10 to 15 percent drop in alcohol mortality in the first year and that the health benefits were greatest among the most economically deprived populations. He described the measure as a "safety net" against the sale of the cheapest, most harmful alcohol, and said that excise duties and minimum unit pricing are complementary rather than competing policies.