Photo by Pavel Danilyuk on Pexels.com This is a guest post by my mate Mikey Walker, a Primary school teacher in Leeds, on his recent 70 days 'sans lager'... Sometimes I think Homer Simpson* wasn’t far off with his dystopian conclusion of beer’s place in society. I say this as my 2nd ever “beer fast”… Continue reading “Beer is the cause and solution to all of life’s problems” *
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.
‘I think you’re wrong’ – why disagreement is so important
Photo by nappy on Pexels.com The other week I attended an event at the Houses of Parliament on the thorny issue of poverty. Iain Duncan Smith was the key note speaker and there was a room packed full of experienced people who knew a lot about the subject. I thought IDS spoke well, but despite the auspicious… Continue reading ‘I think you’re wrong’ – why disagreement is so important
Charter for Christian Homeless Agencies
Over the last three months I have been working with many others within the Housing Justice network and the Christian Homeless Forum to develop a 'Charter for Christian Homeless Organisations'. A common challenge For many Christian agencies working with homeless and vulnerable people there is a challenge about how the Christian basis of our work… Continue reading Charter for Christian Homeless Agencies
The life, death (and resurrection?) of The Stone Roses
I first heard The Stone Roses when they appeared on Top of the Pops in November 1989 when they debuted in the same show as The Happy Mondays. The next day at school everyone was going on about 'Madchester'. The Stone Roses breakthrough single, Fool's Gold was jangly, ambient and different to anything I had ever heard before. It's success led… Continue reading The life, death (and resurrection?) of The Stone Roses
The Faithfulness Matters statement
This is the statement which sums up what this campaign is all about. the campaign has its own website now - http://www.faithfulnessmatters.net If you agree with the statement, please join the movement by sending an email to FaithfulnessMatters@gmail.com We believe that faithfulness between people in committed relationships matters. It matters for individuals, for families, for children and for our communities.… Continue reading The Faithfulness Matters statement
Faithfulness Matters – Don’t make money from breaking up relationships
I have been hugely encouraged by the help and support of so many different people since we started this campaign. At a meeting last night we decided to give the campaign a positive name which captures it essence - and a very clever friend speedily knocked up this logo for us. Although we have been focussing on… Continue reading Faithfulness Matters – Don’t make money from breaking up relationships
Public Statement from Global Personals
This week I received two letters from Global Personals lawyers. One invited me to a meeting and the other included the following statement: Global Personals Ltd is a software and services provider.Our business creates the platform upon which thousands of online dating sites with millions of members around the world can be built/created. The majority of these sites… Continue reading Public Statement from Global Personals
Global Personals Campaign – Update 4/10/11
UPDATE: Today, I finally received a response from Global Personals! I got a letter offering to meet with us to discuss our concerns. We are really pleased with this progress and look forward to the discussions. Thanks everyone for your support up to this point - it is much appreciated. The meeting won't be for a… Continue reading Global Personals Campaign – Update 4/10/11
The Sound of Silence – Global Personals responses to our complaints
We have been encouraging people to get in contact with Global Personals for a couple of weeks now to complain about their websites which encourage people to have affairs. (If you are new to this please see a summary of the campaign). So far loads of people have contacted the company. After the first day of… Continue reading The Sound of Silence – Global Personals responses to our complaints
‘Life’s not always easy: Children & pain or disability’ by Gordon Kuhrt
My Dad, Gordon Kuhrt, wrote a book for his nine grandchildren which has just been published. Its about his experiences of growing up and how he coped with the challenges of both a disability and being separated from his parents for almost his entire childhood. The following excerpts in italics are taken from the book: Why the book was written… Continue reading ‘Life’s not always easy: Children & pain or disability’ by Gordon Kuhrt
Grace + Truth 