Team Vicar South Chilterns. Pastor teacher, drummer, song writer, Fulham FC, Grandpip, poet, joker, lover @vonsmiths aka @trainingvicar follower of the Way x
This time last year Jonathan went to be in Jesus' Garden forever. In January last year before he got ill Jonathan wrote this poem - he was sure of Jesus' love and where he was going.
We miss him immensely, but also grateful for a life lived in all it's fullness.
Think this one through. Beautiful olive trees that grow and mature and serve as the livelihoods of families. People who think they are righteous and devoted to an all-seeing god, burn them down. And it happens again and again and again.
Imagine having your home deliberately destroyed. It’s a reality facing many Palestinians in the West Bank. As more Israeli settlements are approved there, Palestinians are seeing their homes pulled down by the Israeli occupying authorities – find out more: https://t.co/Bn25rGx9di
Wise words from Embrace patron the Bishop of Gloucester as she reflects on the necessity of ‘both-and’ in standing against the actions of the government of Israel in relation to the people of Palestine, whilst also standing against antisemitism in the UK https://t.co/zP4wM8ZV88
30 min before the race, the focus is physical
1 min before the race, everything becomes mental
We race for Palestine
For every Palestinian whose voice deserves to be heard
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We are a neutral and impartial organization. It is a principled choice that allows us to cross divides and bring help where it matters most.
We take action, not sides.
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Australian female doctors making a statement in Gaza:
📍We are filming this video because we could die at any moment.
📍70-80% of our patients are children and pregnant women.
📍 I delivered a baby from a woman who was 9 months pregnant and whose head had been severed.
Being working class isn’t about manners or accent.
It’s about whether you depend on your wages to maintain your lifestyle, says British trade unionist @MickLynch4AGS.
“If you have to get up when the alarm clock rings and go out and do a job – and you depend on your earnings, rather than your assets – you are working class,” he explained.
Phew.
For a moment there I thought we might take a structural approach & understand these problems as symptoms of an extractive economy, shaped by deep cultural & technological forces.
Thank the lord we’ve opted instead to bring in a multi-millionaire to sort it all.