This is a guest post written by Jonathan Chilvers. Jonathan leads a homeless project and is part of Jubilee Church Leamington. He takes care to consistently contravene the 'no religion or politics' rule at dinner table wherever he goes. Last week Liberal Democrats were happily displaying 'I love the 50p tax' badges at their conference.… Continue reading Why abolishing the 50p tax rate would be morally wrong
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.
Apathy is happy (when it wins without a fight)
The Housemartins were a great band. As a fourteen year old, their 1986 debut album London 0 Hull 4 had a big influence on me, and not just because the album cover encouraged cardigan wearing. I remember opening the album cover and reading the inscription 'Take Jesus, Take Marx, Take Hope' and thinking 'I never heard that in Sunday School before'. I… Continue reading Apathy is happy (when it wins without a fight)
The price of everything…and the value of nothing
Again, thanks to everyone who has got involved with the campaign. If you are new to this please read the Open Letter to Ross Williams, like this on Facebook group and, if possible, make a call to Global Personals on 01753 27 12 80 to raise your concerns about their website and these adverts. The right motives I have… Continue reading The price of everything…and the value of nothing
Global Personals marriage break up websites campaign update Day 2:
A big thanks to everyone who has got involved in this campaign to stop Global Personals advertising their marriage break-up websites publicly. Click here to read the Open letter to Ross Williams, CEO of Global personals. Its a bit harder to get a campaign going when we are not sharing the address of the actual website. … Continue reading Global Personals marriage break up websites campaign update Day 2:
Stop poisoning our communities with these marriage break-up websites
Dear Ross Williams, You are a successful entrepreneur who has won prestigious awards for developing your company, Global Personals as a leader in on-line dating websites. Most of what you and your company does is positive - you help bring people together. I have quite a few friends who have found their partners through on-line dating. But… Continue reading Stop poisoning our communities with these marriage break-up websites
If you want to go fast, go alone – if you want to go further, go together
Aylesbury I have just had a great weekend with my brother's family in Aylesbury. My brother Martin is Chairman of the Aylesbury Churches Network and they put on a brilliant Fun Day as part of the Town's Park Life weekend where around 4000 people came for football, bouncy castles, face painting, burgers and loads of great games. Everything was free… Continue reading If you want to go fast, go alone – if you want to go further, go together
Why I love Lee Abbey Camp
A couple of weeks ago I got back from eight days at Lee Abbey in Devon, helping to run a week of the Camp for 13-18 year olds. For each week of the camp about 100 campers plus 40-odd leaders descend on a (normally) soggy field and form a community. Simply put, it's the best thing we do… Continue reading Why I love Lee Abbey Camp
The best speaker at Greenbelt 2011
The Greenbelt festival got off to a bad start for me as I rather unwisely told my two boys (Danny, 8 and Tom, 6) to 'go and explore the site' while we put up the tent. Three hours later I began to be a bit worried about where they had got to. I was relieved and very… Continue reading The best speaker at Greenbelt 2011
10 second poll: Do you give money to people who are begging?
I am at the Greenbelt festival this weekend and I am speaking in a debate on the following motion: 'This house believes that giving money to people begging does more harm than good'. I'll let you guess whether I am speaking for or against the motion (for clues see this article) but to help could you… Continue reading 10 second poll: Do you give money to people who are begging?
An atheist’s encounter with Rob Bell – by Ronnie Stockton
I have considered myself an atheist all my adult life. But earlier this year I accepted an invitation to an event hosted by Greenbelt at Westminster Central Methodist Hall where the US pastor Rob Bell was speaking. Before going to hear him, I researched a little bit on Google and Youtube. I found his style… Continue reading An atheist’s encounter with Rob Bell – by Ronnie Stockton
Grace + Truth 