Reaching the fatherless generation
Tom Avery
Friday 19 Aug 2011
As I write the debate rages as to the causes of the recent riots and spates of looting that swept through England’s major cities. Some will point to the growing level of youth unemployment, which is currently around 20% compared to 7.9% nationally. Others will attribute the violence to the funding cuts, which have decimated the youth sector. Many will cast their stones at parents and teachers.
Mending the broken windows
Jennie Pollock
Wednesday 10 Aug 2011
Social networking was used to draw hundreds onto London’s streets yesterday. Armed and ready to do battle, they descended on Clapham, Brixton and Hackney. Units later broke out in Manchester and Birmingham. Yet these gangs were not armed with face-masks and firebombs; they came with bin bags and brooms. Their goal was not to tear down and destroy, but to cleanse and to heal.
Fusion: Training parents to strengthen families
Katy Phillips
Friday 11 Feb 2011
In 2004, two women began running parenting courses in a school in a deprived area of Dorset. At that time, neither of them could have envisaged the journey they had begun…
Tell it in colour
Judith Hill
Monday 17 Jan 2011
Stories of war: they’ve been our heritage in Northern Ireland. They’ve shaped our collective conscience. And these stories needed to be told.
Hope in the God of Justice
Rachel Wilson
Thursday 4 Mar 2010
It was a dispiriting sight. As I surveyed the room I realised that not only were we three years older, several thousand pounds poorer and a few pounds heavier, we were all very jaded. Our university lecturer, an expert in his field, was bringing our final module to a close with the words…
Would anyone in your community notice if your church ceased to exist?
Roger Smith
Sunday 24 Jan 2010
Would anyone in your community notice if your church ceased to exist? So runs the question from the Evangelical Alliance’s new 'Square Mile' initiative.
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If everything belongs to God, in what way should the Christian engage with the world? Whether the issue is broken paving slabs or holding high office in Government, what does the gospel require of us? Should we bother at all, or simply move to Montana, build a bunker and wait for Armageddon?!Contributors
