December 2011
11 posts
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BBC News - Bethlehem's shepherds a dying breed →
BBC story to the radio article….. alas my wonderful experiences with sheep and goats in the South Hebron Hills do not make me qualified to be a shepherd in Bethlehem….
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The shepherds have been an important part of the...
BBC News - In pictures: Rare lenticular clouds... →
The wonders of creation… lovely cloud formations
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WatchApologies all for the short Toyota advert at the begining, but the the news report afterwards is worth watching. I love the idea of the golden calf, because this is another religious story that unites us Christians, Muslims and Jews in our remembrance of what happens when we worship the false idols. Thanks to all who out there helping to energise and keep this movement going!
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"Get up and help the meek, for they shall inherit...
Dear all,
after Quaking in Bremen on Sunday and giving ministry on disposession and the meek, is this what God was telling me to get up and do! I personally know a couple of the villagers in Susiya. What is the world doing about these land confiscation and creating a new dispossessed, very little it seems… until they fight back with weapons that is!
Israel hands confiscation, demolition...
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CPTers accompany Palestinian Freedom Riders On... →
CPTers accompany Palestinian Freedom Riders
On Tuesday, 15 November 2011, six Palestinians stood at the bus stop outside the settlements of Psagot and Migron, and boarded a bus used by settlers to travel to Jerusalem. When CPT’s Hebron team heard about the action on the internet, they sent three members to accompany the six Freedom Riders, as the activists referred to themselves. Although no...
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Quaking in Bremen!
A couple of weeks ago several Friend (Quakers) in Hamburg thought it would be a good idea to visit our Friends in Bremen and worship together. This morning 12 of us met in “Die Forum Kirche” for worship. It was lovely and I felt the spirit and I began to quake and moved to give Ministry. It was on a Jewish Midrash rooted in the Prophet Isaiah and Psalm 37, that Jesus probably meant...
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Video on School creativity - by Ken Robinson (Via... →
Actually this is not only a great pictorial lecture about how we “churn out” children in batches for our industries… the creativity of the drawings whilst he is speaking are great.
What would happen if we really let our children become creative!