Tag Archives: Christian
On the street where they live – one couple’s vision for their neighbours
Andy Parnham tells the story of the Happiness Course he ran for a group of neighbours in west London, organised by a Christian couple with a vision for their street. I recently ran the Happiness Course in a rather affluent … Continue reading
Collaborative or Counter-Cultural? – Creative Tension part 1
Continuing his guest series on creative tension, Andy Wier encourages us to look beyond our ‘default setting’. As local churches, how should we relate to other organisations in our community like the Council, Police and secular voluntary sector providers? Should … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Weir, Guest blog
Tagged Christian, Christianity, community engagement, Counterculture, God, Practical theology, Religion and Spirituality
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Global Local Community
I don’t know how many have seen the news over the last week, talking about trolling on social media particularly targeted at women who speak out on feminist issues. Yesterday, Caitlin Moran, a journalist who is one of those who … Continue reading
The Happiness Course
The Happiness Course has been getting some great attention recently. We were written about in the Telegraph and a great response came from Jim McManus. A few weeks ago the FT published two articles on Happiness as well (The Pursuit of … Continue reading
Faith in Health and Healing
Last week four members of the Livability community mission team went on a conference in Birmingham called Faith in Health and Healing. On the conference website, it was introduced as: Christians promote a comprehensive experience of health and healing. In … Continue reading
Posted in community, Disability, Katharine Welby, Pause for thought..., Uncategorized
Tagged Amazing Grace, Birmingham, Christ, Christian, God, Mental health, Trevor Adams
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Restorative Justice
I was sent this article today (link at the bottom of the post) and I have read it slowly, in bits as the day has gone on. I used to be a police officer and this has been a subject … Continue reading
Individuality vs Individualism – what is Community?
I have found myself thinking more and more about the nature of community. I am passionate about it. I long to see communities thrive throughout the country, where people not only know there is poverty on their street but they … Continue reading
Posted in Katharine Welby, Pause for thought...
Tagged Christian, Church, community, conversation, God, Jesus, neighbour, Thought
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Helping the homeless with grace and truth
Tony Uddin writes about the Tower Hamlets joint church night shelter he was involved in setting up… Continue reading
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Living Life on the Edge
A post from interim CEO at Livability, Dave Webber. Follow him on twitter @davelivability As the Government’s scythe sinks ever deeper into public service funding it continues to reap its intended saving; however, it also causes substantial unintended damage in … Continue reading →