Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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The Gospel According To Everyone
by Martin Wroe
View More By This AuthorThis book is available for download on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, and on your computer with iTunes.
If you've ever been to a church service chances are you heard a reading from one of the four Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke or John. But what if we were to hear from a Fifth Gospel, from the stories of the people sitting next to us? The woman who gave up her child for adoption. The gardener who notices God in the roses. The gay man shunned by his children. The mother being beaten by her husband. The atheist who found he'd become a believer. What if we heard from The Gospel According To Everyone? Twelve short stories of faith and doubt, of love and longing by people you may recognise from a church you've never been to.
- £0.99
- Category: Religion & Spirituality
- Published: 02 September 2011
- Publisher: Lulu.com
- Print Length: 1 Pages
- Language: English
FACING The Gestapo in 1944.
What would you say?
Here is what happened
An actual
Inspiring me .......
"What is, therefore, our task today?
Shall I answer:
"Faith, hope and love"?
That sounds beautiful.
But I would say -- courage.
No, even that is not challenging enough to be the whole truth.
Our task today is recklessness.
For what we Christians lack is not psychology or literature...
we lack a holy rage --
the recklessness which comes from the knowledge of a God and humanity.
The ability to rage when justice lies prostrate on the streets,
and when the lie rages across the face of the earth...
a holy anger about the things that are wrong in the world.
To rage against the ravaging of God's earth,
and the destruction of God's world.
To rage when little children must die of hunger,
when the tables of the rich are sagging with food.
To rage at the madness of militaries.
To rage at the lie that calls the threat of death and the strategy of destruction peace.
To rage against the complacency.
To restlessly seek that recklessness
that will challenge and seek to change human history
until it conforms to the norms of the Kingdom of God.
And remember -
- the signs of the Christian Church have been
the Lion,
the Lamb,
the Dove,
and the Fish...
but never
the Chameleon."
Kaj Munk, Danish priest.
He was killed shortly after delivering his sermon by the Gestapo in 1944.
His words continue to ring true.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Greenbelt Festival supports Occupy London
Greenbelt has signed up as one of the 19 organisations to offer Christian support and solidarity to the Occupy London movement based near St Pauls Cathedral and at other sites around London. It joins Ekklesia, CSM, London Catholic Worker and many more organisations and individuals standing with "people of all religions and none who are [...]
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Terry Waite's message for the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
An inspring message from Terry Waite on his hopes for peace in Palestine
Today is International Day of Solidarity for Palestinian People’s and to mark it we’ve got a wonderful video of Terry Waite, Y Care International’s founder, giving his own personal message of solidarity from Aida refugee camp near Bethlehem.
Watch the video now and do pass it on!
You can also read more about our work in the Occupied Palestinian Territories on our website, supporting young people living under extremely difficult conditions.
Spot the difference - Andy Turner spends time catching his breath as he meets with humans on the ground and in the poverty...
Listen to a bunch of activists discussing big issues in their community and more often than not the same general concerns will usually crop up. So, over the last few weeks it's been startling to hear clear contrasts voiced between those working in the north (in Newcastle and Wakefield Anglican church diocese), and those down south (across South London, Kent and West Sussex, in Southwark diocese).
For the clergy, church leaders, community and youth workers meeting in Newcastle there was a sense of urgency tapered by exhaustion.
- “We’ve families with children growing up and parents not identifying any work, or opportunities…
- “You do demeaning tasks, with no contract, it’s £6.50 an hour…”
- “The erosion of industry and the impact of long-term unemployment is unrelenting.”
Such a beautiful photo
What a beautiful photo
I just had to post for you
Such a beautiful captured moment
bhp
Selection BOX
I do one every year
since year dot
Cassette for years
then CD for years
Now digital.
My Fav music tracks
hmmmmmm delights.
Just played last years again.
wondrous.
THIS years
yet to be trimmed down to size
is wicked
a taste of Pipology
Music
Feelings without words.
I will be producing over Christmas
If you want one
email me
and I will learn to use Dropbox
(I am digitally challenged!)
A MUST SEE MOVIE
I saw it in the Empire Leicester Square .......
........ powerful stuff.
Customers who have purchased or rated Hoop Dreams [DVD] might like to know that The Interrupters [DVD] will be released on 5 December 2011. You can pre-order yours for just £8.99 by following the link below.
The Interrupters [DVD]
Price: £8.99
Release Date: 5 December 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Made in Palestine T-Shirts
Price: £18 (free P & P)
In 2011 Greenbelt and Amos Trust organised a trip to Palestine. During that trip we took time to visit a t-shirt factory just outside Bethlehem. It was an inspirational place full of people - mostly women - crafting beautiful products.
We had an idea. As a mark of solidarity with those suffering under occupation wouldn't it be great if we could work with local people to produce a t-shirt we could sell in the UK?
Finally, they are here; as far as we know, the only t-shirt available in the UK that is Made in Palestine.
Order online
Friday, November 25, 2011
I like your words
that means I like you
I even love humans who
don't
or
can't
say
write
warm words
yours def warm
J**** wrote:
> how can you continue to do the thing that makes your heart beat so strongly, the thing you love – how can you continue to keep in such careful step with people who you want to lead on, out and into themselves just a wee bit more – what is it that stops you thinking it might be possible to carry on with that
>
I do have feelings about
one day I won't be able
to go out to others so much
when I drive away to
a gig
or humans
my soul is different
than when I drive home
I love driving/getting home
but going away
drives me into purpose
I don't know how I would manage
without the stimulus of humans
they drive my development
scratch beneath the surface
refresh my irritation.
One day I will have to slow
stop
and .........
> do you think that you have reached a stage in your life where the energy to keep on going with all that you love is not as full as it was
>
I don't have the same energy now
the passion - yes
but I am getting older
> i feel like you are waiting for something to become clearer to you that is not so clear right now
>
I am always like that
yearning
learning
discovering
> how is it that you think we come to know what God would have us do ?
My faith and living of it has changed so much
not being a leader of a community
released me
yet I loved the corporate activities
of faith/walking/working/beyond self
I just feel God wants us all to Love
Discovering more of that LOve
is a journey
and
how to do it
live it
> are there words you hear ?
no words
soul stirrings
windows opening
as I
speak
read
write
imagine
music .......
> do you think it is possible simply to know, but not hear, to know and to choose for ourselves – to be trusted with that ?
I like that - I love that
>
> how i wish you were here – we would be travelling on this noisy train right now – but we would be quiet together because we would be happy to know each other without speaking, without words
>
I like that J****
>
Teach me something J****?
bhp
Join the Producer Team
Want to be part of the team who put together our brilliant programme, bringing your enthusiasm and expertise to make Greenbelt 2012 a huge success? We have some opportunities for you in this exciting and fulfilling team.
Greenbelt has a staff team of ten who lead some 1,700 volunteers in making the festival happen each year. As part of this large volunteer base, we have a Producer Team who create the programme, alongside the Programme Manager and Programme Administrator. This makes us distinctive in the world of arts festivals.
As a Producer, you will be expected to approach contributors (performers and speakers) about coming to the festival, make bookings, and ensure that they have no problems getting onto site and onto the stage. Onsite you’ll be volunteering alongside a variety of teams including Operations and Commercial, as well as our site production company.
We are looking to find Producers for the following roles:
- Children and Family Programme
- Performing Arts Programme
- Music across the site (DJs, music workshops etc)
- Site specific programme (including street theatre)
- Workshops programme
- Talks workshop programme
The producer role would suit you if you have an understanding of the Greenbelt ethos, and are keen to explore a mix of arts, faith and justice - click here to read more about our ethos and values…
We would like you to have knowledge of performers and trends in the area you’ll be producing, you’ll be confident to make contact with key people, have a good eye for detail and be able to communicate with others to deliver the programme.
We’ll provide an introduction to Greenbelt’s database and administrative systems, ongoing support from the Greenbelt team and agreed out-of-pocket expenses. You’ll be part of a creative and diverse team of volunteers and be an integral of making a festival happen.
In order to fulfill this role, you will need to commit up to six Saturdays in January – June for Producer Team meetings, and additional time to produce your own area of the programme.
You’ll be a key part of delivering the programme at the festival and will need to be on site at Cheltenham Racecourse from at least the evening of Thursday 23rd until Tuesday 28th August 2012. Producers will be expected to attend a Producer Team meeting on Saturday 14th January 2012 in Central London, more details will be provided.
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If you are interested in joining the team, please send a C.V. and cover letter explaining why you’d like to join the team and what knowledge and experience you can bring to this role to Eleanor Mottram, Programme Manager eleanor@greenbelt.org.uk
If you have any questions about the role, please get in touch with Eleanor on 020 7374 2755 or eleanor@greenbelt.org.uk
Closing date for applications is Monday 12th December. We will be shortlisting candidates by Friday 16th December.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Gilles is my peak of my musical week
THIS WEEK/Day is with
Thundercat and Rainer Truby
Listen :
This week Gilles is joined by Brainfeeder bassist Thundercat, who was the man behind the excellent Golden Age of Apocalypse album from earlier in the year. They chat about influences and the making of the album, along with the resurgence of the LA scene.
Plus Gilles has Rainer Truby on the phone who discusses his new release on Cacoon as well as his Japanese compilation which dropped this month. And if that wasn't enough Gilles has a crate of brand new music from Madlib, Mishell Ndegeocello and a cheeky remix of Little Dragon! Naughty.
Music played
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Charles Earland — Coming To You Live
-
Teebs — E2
Brainfeeder -
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib — Deep
Stones Throw -
Michael Kiwanuka — Home Again
Polydor -
Objekt — The Goose That Got Away
Objekt -
The Robert Glasper Experiment — Teen Spirit
Blue Note Records -
Aeroc — For Sake
Ghostly International -
Objekt — The Goose That Got Away
Objekt -
Nitin Sawhney — The Devil and Midnight (LV Remix)
Cooking Vinyl -
Bill Frisell ft. Paul Motian — Worse and Worse
Elektra Nonesuch -
Me'Shell NdegéOcello — Object sin Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear
Naïve -
Goapele — Play
Decon Records -
Little Dragon — Ritual Union (Alex Barck Remix)
Peacefrog Records -
?eƒ Sound ft. Nikko Gray — Bird(s).iview
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Freddie Gibbs & Madlib — Deep
Invazion -
Julio Bashmore — Battle for Middle You
PMR Records -
Rainer Truby Interview
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Rainer Trüby — Welcome to Our World
Compost Records -
Lovebirds ft. Stee Downes — Want You in My Soul
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Kevin Moore — Speak Your Mind
Chocolate City
-
-
Free Life — There’s Something Better
Epic -
Amy Winehouse — Our Day Will Come
Island -
Ella Fitzgerald — Night and Day
Verve Records -
Blundetto — Hercules
Heavenly Sweetness -
Modeselektor — Berlin
Monkeytown -
Thundercat Interview
-
Thundercat — Is It Love
Brainfeeder -
Thundercat — Seasons
Brainfeeder -
George Duke — Faces In Reflection Part 1
MPS Records -
Jaco Pastorius — Portrait Of Tracy
Epic -
Thundercat — For Love I come
Brainfeeder -
Thundercat — Daylight
Brainfeeder
-
-
Jameszoo — Emper Hyacinths
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fLako ft. Dirg Gerner — Lonely Town
Project Mooncircle -
Agev Munsen & Roland Clark — The Thing About Deep (Karizma Remix)
Vega Records -
Joey Negro & Gramophonedzie — No Sugar
BangTang 2Step Remix -
Dauwd — What’s There
Pictures Music
Life in a young offenders' institution
The Guardian, Mon 21 Nov 2011 20.00 GMT
The whole article::
http://m.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/nov/21/young-offenders-institution-ashfield?cat=society&type=article
Saturday, November 19, 2011
LEVEL FIVE
Been together for 31 years
We come together
and spill.
We just
drink coffee
eat together
a glass of red
and we each have
one hour.
We talk
questions asked
all about the human
friends
groups
belonging
faith
loves
troubles
heavy loads
excitement
personal
social
and it always the greatest privilege.
You need a group like this.
Everyone needs a group like this
Love in practice ..........................
Late night Wilson Mansions
it is Friday Children in Need.
I have been indoors
so me and Mrs Beautiful
have had the TV programme
playing CIN.
great stuff
children shown in great need.
WE don't know half of it
the needs the
work to help.
AND just about to go to bed
I collide with feelings
about individuals
prison/cancer/dementia/hurting/MS
and surviving humans.
Also as always
others who are stepping -
stepping onwards through
and beyond hurts.
Feeling/signals
tell me I am flaked.
Tired
busy life
not the same energy as a
young gun wilson.
I have a Level Five week-end
tomorrow.
When I go to a gig
I have spent hours/days
in preparation
so I am tuned in.
I am not tuned for L5
but
I am committed
but don't have to prepare.
I go and be me
it is a privilege to
to belong.
It will be blessed
Rugby League Final
tomorrow
and I will miss it.
England v Australia
(not that the National Press have noticed)
I will be L5ing and will catch the record.
So I am feeling
but need to go to zzzzzzz
So much to do
(inbox is never finished)
and so much to tell you
(but my fingers don't click good)
Stay Beautiful
.
Greenbelt Festival wins Greener Festival Award
Following this year’s 20,00 strong event and much hard work, we're pleased to announce that Greenbelt has received the Greener Festival Award.
Following the awards ceremony, which took place in Camden on Tuesday 15 November 2011, Head of Festival Karen Stafford said: “We’re delighted to have received our first Greener Festival Award. It is the result of much hard work and an important recognition of our commitment to sustainability. We hope to build on this, together with our festivalgoers, at next year’s festival and beyond!”
Newly appointed Director Paul Northup said: “At the heart of Greenbelt festival is a desire to make the planet we share a better place. We mainly aspire to that through hosting art that inspires people to feel more fully human and to want to make a difference in their everyday lives. And our festival theme for 2012 is 'Saving Paradise'. But we constantly recognise the need to ‘practice what we preach’ – and this award demonstrates that we do just that.”
The awards are made by environmental campaign and advice group A Greener Festival based on an event's carbon footprint, its traffic plans and its waste and recycling management schemes
Thursday, November 17, 2011
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"We want social returns, as well as financial ones. When you look at the major financial institutions, you have to realize there is greed involved." - Sister Nora Nash of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia and the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, on efforts to persuade banks and corporations to protect consumers, rein in executive pay, and remember the poor. (Source: New York Times)
The nearestyou will get me
to a Football Ground
is when I visited the Midlands -
Burton Albion.
Great place/facilities
if you want a great do.
My session venue,
the Directors Box indeed,
overlooked the ground and a good place to have session all about Gangs - with some beautiful humans who knew a bit about the subject .. from their own life experiences ....
I know so many BHPs in this area.
Staff who do significant work
and the young humans
who I love so much.
Some of them I have worked with
over the years. Only sessional stuff - not the daily grind which some great staff do, day-in-day-out - and I always loved to do/be/become.
Just read the faces.
Just look and pause .....
take a read.
Better than any book.
Life, real life it etched here, is learned here.
I was educated by them.
This week and every time we met.
I feel so close to home
even with the 7 hours drive there and back.
Congratulations to all who won awards.
Many others who have taken a step
like the chrysalis becoming a butterfly
into the unknown places as they step
into a new development in their lives
I love them
Love them
all
Thank you for accepting me.
bhp
