SIGHT-SEEING: LIVING IN COMMUNITY WAS THE NORM FOR THE EARLY CHURCH
NILS VON KALM reflects on the benefits of “living in community” with fellow believers…
More than 200 Christians meeting with Australian politicians to advocate for the world’s poor
More than 200 Christians, representing every major Christian denomination, are meeting with the nation’s politicians in Canberra today as part of Micah Australia’s Voices for Justice event. Some 80 face-to-face meetings with politicians are scheduled. Tim Costello, executive director of Micah Australia, said with the Australian Government’s Mid-Year Economic Fiscal Outlook only days away, it was […]
Enough poor children: Africans call for diversity in aid campaigns
Thomson Reuters Foundation Communities that benefit from aid want international charities to move beyond pictures of poor children and show a more balanced view of Africa, a study showed on Friday. People in six African countries were asked to evaluate images used in campaigns by major charities including Oxfam, UNICEF and Save the Children. Most […]
THE NEXT PERSON YOU MEET IN HEAVEN
For December, 2018, and January, 2019, we’re reading Mitch Albom’s The Next Person You Meet in Heaven, sequel to the best-selling 2003 novel, The Five People You Meet In Heaven. To buy the book, follow this link The Next Person You Meet in Heaven. To buy The Five People You Meet in Heaven, head here.
Music Soundbite – The TCM Update: ‘Awakening’ releases debut album…
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Rising numbers of ‘skeletal’ children as Central African Republic violence surges
Thomson Reuters Foundation Starving, hiding in the bush or with armed groups, two in three children in the Central African Republic need aid, the United Nations said on Friday, as surging violence, attacks on humanitarians and funding shortages raise the spectre of famine. Central African Republic is one of the most dangerous countries in the […]