And now in other news
Michael ·
I’ve really enjoyed writing these posts on theology and the poor. I expect I’ve probably benefited more than you, but hey thanks for reading them anyway! I may, in the […]
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5 Lessons from the Story of the Good Samaritan
Michael ·
It’s funny how after over 2,000 years we are still asking the same questions. Should we help the refugees? What about the Irish homeless? Does charity begin at home? If […]
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Fighting Injustice Through Politics
Michael ·
I hope it’s been clear in the blogs I’ve written so far that I believe one of the main ways Jesus call us to follow him is in fighting injustice; […]
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Janey! It’s Fierce Weather Out There…
Michael ·
At the start of 2015 the Guardian newspaper ran a series of articles, and podcasts, where it described climate change as the biggest story in the world. The title simultaneously […]
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The Problem of Violence
Michael ·
Recently I’ve been reading a book called the Locust Effect: Why the end of poverty requires the end of violence. It’s a good, shocking at times, read. Get yourself a […]
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Lessons from Sodom on Fixing Hats
Michael ·
So a few weeks ago I left Urban Junction and was walking past the new library when a woman started to shout at me. I hadn’t seen her before. ‘Are […]
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“You will always have the poor among you”
Michael ·
I’m sure you will have noticed that people can misuse Jesus’ life and teaching* to support their own ideas and notions about the world. In 2014 a prominent American politician, […]
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We must choose differently
Michael ·
Last week, the Irish Times published an article by journalist Fintan O’Toole calling for a national movement to end child poverty. In it he states that poverty is ‘a product […]
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Have you Met Jesus?
Michael ·
If you have met Jesus you, will care about the poor; if you don’t care about the poor, you haven’t met Jesus. This sentence has been haunting me for the […]
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