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Japan: The Crisis Is Not Christian Nor Atheist But Human
The other day I saw a retweet of a tweet on twitter that urged people not to donate to Christian charities – for the relief effort in Japan needs “blankets and food, not boxes of bibles & Fundamentalist propaganda”. A little digging revealed that the author was a self-professed Atheist fundamentalist. I had to laugh. [...]
Poverty As Entertainment
I was scanning yesterday’s paper – no, I take that back, Wednesday’s paper – and came across this brief column by Belinda Webb – questioning the value of a new TV program “How The Other Half Lives”, alongside other (earlier) types of this programming such as “Secret Millionare”. The latter show is based on the [...]
Looking Toward The Feast
It’s that time of year again – when our community here in London starts looking at which charity we’re going to highlight and make a contribution to for the feast of the Nativity. It’s been our custom for a number of years now to pick one or two and share their work with you – [...]