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Doing justice with our kids (and I’m not talking about the Naughty Step)
The other day we had the most surprising conversation over breakfast – a real gift. I guess you never can tell when is the right time to try to teach your kids about justice, you just have to roll with...
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Thank Facebook it’s Lent…
Three days in to Lent and I am in mourning. Sort of. This year it’s not about gazing longingly through a sweet shop window or saying ‘actually I’m fine’ when someone pours out the fresh coffee. It’s...
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What is Worship? How are we to live in the everyday
Reblogged from matt's musings : "The danger of our tendency towards experiential individualism is that it leads to a personal, abstract spirituality that is disconnected from daily life" Graham...
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Food: Done Simply
(This post was also the content of this months Breathe email) Late January saw the launch of the IF campaign, a coalition of over 100 charities joining forces to tackle global hunger. It came 10 days...
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Justice in the Mundane
This post originally appeared on Tearfund’s Rhythms site “I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world...
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Just What is Repentence? By Ruth Valario
This blog by Ruth Valario originally appeared on her own blog ‘Repent’ is a word that has been neatly packaged up in church usage, particularly in Evangelical circles. It is used as part of the...
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Changing the world through ‘being community’. Or not?
It started off so well. Two of us had read the Irresistible Revolution and, being those who prefer big picture to detail, enthusiastically recruited others to change the world with us through a...
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Enough Food for Everyone IF – Aid
I remember getting involved in the Make Poverty History campaign back in 2005. It was great to be part of a campaign movement where so many people were united around the idea of playing a part in...
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Over 40 years but we finally got there
Reblogged from Tearfund's Policy Blog: After the buzz of 500 campaigners in Westminster donning George Osborne masks yesterday (scary but true), and not to mention years of calling for the UK to meet...
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Saving Salvation: Just what do we really mean?
This blog was originally published on Ruth Valario’s blog and follows on from a previous post on a similar theme. Words like salvation and repentance have become neatly packaged concepts in the...
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Jesus and the Peaceable Kingdom – By Ruth Valario
This post originally appeared on Ruth Valario’s blog. We are very Grateful to Ruth for these excellent pieces of thought and action provoking writing. My recent ramblings around Jesus’ understanding...
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Champion of the Poor
Peter Heslam’s post below (originally published here by LICC) asks what it really means for the new Pope and Archbishop of Canterbury to lead churches for the poor. Whatever your opinion about the...
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The Shallows, by Nicholas Carr
Reblogged from Make Wealth History: The internet has been the defining technology of my generation. We grew up without it, but were the last generation to do so. It is now ubiquitous, deeply embedded...
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Enough
I think I may have had enough of Lady Thatcher’s legacy. In the last 48 hours, I’ve heard so many tributes and tirades and been overwhelmed by the Thatcher quotes – and the ensuing comments – which...
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Campaign Bootcamp: A great opportunity for 18-28 year olds
Campaign Bootcamp is a five day residential course for young people who want to run more effective campaigns. You’ll be trained by experts in creating great strategy, writing better emails, building...
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2013: The year we must speak out to tackle hunger at home as well as overseas
This is a Guest post from Laura Taylor who is Tearfund’s Public Policy Team Leader. This post originally appeared on Tearfund’s Just Policy Blog. Breathe has signed up to be part of the coalition of...
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Enough food for everyone IF… we can put an end to tax dodging
We know that aid saves lives every day of the week (congratulations on IF’s success on aid!) – but we know aid alone is not enough to end poverty and hunger once and for all. Poor countries need to...
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What does your weekly shop look like?
Reblogged from Make Wealth History: This week is the Live Below the Line challenge, and thousands of people will be sticking to a budget of £1 a day for their food. It's to raise awareness of and...
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Enough food for everyone IF… we are transparent
Living a transparent life is a choice for all of us. Living behind a veil diminishes the fullness of life. Transparency gives power away; it invites openness and accountability. Initially it takes...
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Sharing stuff and socialising with strangers: right up our street?
The other day, in my local Cafe Nero, my phone calls intrigued my neighbours and led to random conversations; one with a media guy studying politics whose colleague was making a film about Iranian...
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