the voice of those frustrated by the slow progress towards a fair society where the needs of the weak are met without weakening them further
You can buy it from Create Space by clicking this link It might not be that easy getting a project off the ground but what is often so much harder is making sure that all the bills are paid. I know as I have been on that journey since 2009 and learnt a lot as
We are told is to be salt and hence have a purifying effect on people and communities. We are told to be light i.e. to shine brightly so that we look different from the darkness around us. How do we do that? We chase after healing and restoration and practise on ourselves first. Once we
One major purpose of the church is for the healing of nations. After all the Great Commission includes the phrase discipling nations, in other words encouraging whole groups of people to live their entire lives the way God would like them to do. Where do you start with a huge task like that? I suppose
I had the car radio on when I went shopping and when I set off for the return journey there was someone talking about philanthropy and the theatre. He was a giver who looked around for good things that he could support. What surprised me was then he said that for the past 30 years theatres
Loan sharks are predatory creatures. They make a meal of the lives of vulnerable people. People who are desperate and think that they have nowhere else to turn. They need to be stopped. How can this be done? They are operating outside the law and the government is trying to look after people by putting
I was running drop ins for people with mental health issues but I wanted to do more. I had the idea of running some workshops. It proved to be one of those times when you learn a lot about what not to do next time you put an event on. One problem that arose was
I have been following another blog where the writer stirred up people with their comments about the benefits system. He was trying to make sense of the benefit system in the light of the traditional idea that if a man does not work then he should not eat. If you look at the roots of