Photo by Sonya Livshits on Pexels.com This Wednesday, the Bishop of Oxford, John Pritchard went with Rev Keith Hebden to deliver a letter to David Cameron’s constituency office in Witney. The letter, signed by 46 Bishops and over 600 Church leaders, called the government to take urgent action about food poverty after it was revealed… Continue reading It’s the Church and State that should ‘consciously uncouple’
Author: Jon Kuhrt
Jon Kuhrt has worked with people affected by homelessness for over 30 years. He is a former government adviser on how faith groups address rough sleeping and is now CEO of Hope into Action. He lives with his wife in Streatham, south London and they have 3 children. He likes football....but loves cricket.
Make a stand this Wednesday against food poverty: join the End Hunger Fast Vigil, 6.00 – 8.00pm, Westminster
"Any religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned with the slums that damn them, the economic conditions which strangle them, and the social conditions that cripple them is a dry-as-dust religion. Such a religion is the kind the Marxists like to see - an opiate of the… Continue reading Make a stand this Wednesday against food poverty: join the End Hunger Fast Vigil, 6.00 – 8.00pm, Westminster
‘The Weight of Mercy: a Novice Pastor on the City Streets’ – by Deb Richardson-Moore [Review]
Deb Richardson-Moore worked as a journalist in the deep south of the USA for over 27 years. When the newspaper she worked for wanted her to cover religious and faith issues, she decided to study theology. This led her to leave journalism and become Pastor of the Triune Mercy Centre, a church in a desperately poor community in… Continue reading ‘The Weight of Mercy: a Novice Pastor on the City Streets’ – by Deb Richardson-Moore [Review]
National Day of Fasting, April 4th: spiritual resources for justice
Photo by jamie he on Pexels.com Friday 4th April is the National Day of Fasting. I want to encourage anyone who is reading this to join the fast and stand with those experiencing hunger in the UK today. In the last few weeks, End Hunger Fast has achieved an incredible amount for a truly grassroots… Continue reading National Day of Fasting, April 4th: spiritual resources for justice
What would you include if you could write your own obituary?
What do you really want to be remembered for? What legacy do you truly want to leave? Actually sitting down and writing your own obituary is one of the exercises recommended at the end of the first chapter of the book God of Surprises. I am currently re-reading it for Lent. The author, Gerard Hughes explains:… Continue reading What would you include if you could write your own obituary?
Justice, mercy and humility: three ways to a transforming Lent
I see Lent as an opportunity to realign ourselves. A time to re-commit to an integrity between who we are on the outside and who we are on the inside. To seek a wholeness between the person that we present for the world to see, and the person we are when no one sees. And faith… Continue reading Justice, mercy and humility: three ways to a transforming Lent
‘Good news to those who need it most’: evangelical social action
Photo by MART PRODUCTION on Pexels.com The term ‘evangelical’ is a tricky one to use. Similarly to the word ‘liberal’, people can mean very different things when they use it. The actual word ‘evangelical’ has its etymological roots in the Greek word for "gospel" or "good news" so it can rightly be used as a description of… Continue reading ‘Good news to those who need it most’: evangelical social action
‘The Bible is a blueprint for Marxism’: the theology of Jeremy Clarkson
Photo by John-Mark Smith on Pexels.com It has been an important week for issues of faith and social justice. On Tuesday, the Christians on the Left Summit debated how the church’s social action, such as Foodbanks and homeless shelters, connects to campaigning for social justice. To use Desmond Tutu’s phrase, as well as pulling people out… Continue reading ‘The Bible is a blueprint for Marxism’: the theology of Jeremy Clarkson
Church leaders call for the UK to “End Hunger Fast” this Lent
This is the text of a letter published today by over 40 senior Church leaders in The Daily Mirror to mark the launch of the End Hunger Fast campaign. It has been covered in the National News on both BBC and ITV tonight: Sir – Britain is the world’s seventh largest economy and yet people… Continue reading Church leaders call for the UK to “End Hunger Fast” this Lent
National campaign started about the scandal of UK food poverty: End Hunger Fast
Photo by Markus Spiske on Pexels.com Half a million people used food banks in the last year in the UK. Charitable support programmes are rapidly expanding but nonetheless a quarter of families are shrinking portion sizes. 5,500 people were admitted to hospital for malnutrition last year. The massive growth in the numbers going hungry has been… Continue reading National campaign started about the scandal of UK food poverty: End Hunger Fast
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