Posted in Christianity, Social Justice on May 13th, 2008
“Prayer is the answer to every problem in life. We call on God to intervene in the lives of the selfish, greedy people who are keeping these prices high,” Twyman said on the forecourt of the petrol station in a neighbourhood of Washington that, like many of its residents, has seen better days.
“Lord, the prices [...]
Posted in Christianity, Social Justice on Apr 11th, 2008
Tonight Forge - Grassroots started. Mike Frost spoke around Hebrews and the warning of falling away (5:11ff) with the correlation between ’slowness to learn’ and our ideas that aren’t completed with action and so cemented or true. I cannot possibly do it justice, but the following you tube clip (Jon Foreman) may express a small [...]
Posted in Social Justice on Apr 10th, 2008
Geoff and I have been totally fixed to the box (television) for the past few hours.
The ABC have shown ‘The Oasis‘ and are now talking through issues of youth homelessness.
The film is unbelievable, it is real, it is heartbreaking, it is inspiring. And you can watch it online. Please, please take some time and watch [...]
Posted in Design, Social Justice, Uni on Apr 2nd, 2008
My response to an interview in Dumbo Feather on Design Hub (A uni thing that could be written as a blog comment and I did it pretty quickly):
Does Engineers without Borders Give a Damn?
I was blown away by the impact of Engineers without Borders. I’ve heard a little about them through a friend (Susannah) but [...]
Posted in Christianity, Holidays, Life, Relationships, Social Justice on Mar 30th, 2008
Writing a post now is some kind of evil-forced reflection on the past week.
I have been up at Soul Survivor for it’s entirety, bar the last afternoon/evening and one night session hiatus for a 21st. This is the third year in a row - I think. It could be the fourth. It’s always interesting seeing [...]
