More TV Vicar

Revd. Peter Owen Jones presenter of Extreme Pilgrim, Around The World In Eighty Faiths and How To Live A Simple Life speaks candidly about life in front of the camera, the new spiritual ethic and how it really feels to spend time alone in a cave in the desert. His message is both challenging and uplifting and presents a very different view on how society needs to change and why.

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Plight of Pakistan

The worst floods in Pakistan's history continue to cause chaos and suffering. The area affected is vast, over 600 miles from north Pakistan down to Sindh in the south.

Donate here: http://www.wer-uk.org/donate/donate-to-pakistan

It's been a while but.......

I saw this on the TV last night.

Tormented Lives;

In a revealing and moving documentary, disability rights campaigner and confidante of the late Princess Diana, Rosa Monckton, exposes the reality of life for people with learning disabilities facing hate crime.

With daily headline-grabbing accounts of attacks on disabled people that have even led to murder and suicide, Rosa admits she is deeply concerned about the future that awaits her own teenage daughter, Domenica, who has Down's syndrome. What will life be like for her once Rosa and her husband Dominic Lawson are no longer around to protect her?

In this, Rosa's second documentary, we see people literally driven from their homes, individuals facing abuse and daily torment just because they have a disability. Rosa meets families under siege in their own homes, and shows how the authorities often fail to respond effectively to the abuse they face. And she tries to help one tormented man, Christopher, in his battle to live independently as a respected and useful member of society.

In the two years up until the end of March 2009, 576 peopleulting in a co were prosecuted for disability hate crimes with 76% of the completed cases resnviction.

Have a look - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00vhls2

Hope not Hate Campaign

Please have a look at this, it is backed by the CofE. Bishops in Manchester have been signing pledges to support this campaign.

http://action.hopenothate.org.uk/content/home/suit

The current climate for our political parties isn't very good, they have lost the trust of many of us. However we need to stop the BNP from aquiring enough votes to get elected which means you have to use your vote but who do we vote for now, well have a look at the Christian Party and see what you think of their policies.

http://www.votechristian.info/

All over the world, so many tragedies

Homelessness in the UK, War in Iraq, Congo and Afganistan, Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (Burma), Bangladesh Cyclone, Cholera in Zimbabwe, drug addicts the world over, street kids in Brazil, Dafur & Chad crisis, South Asia Tsunami

The images speak for themselves..................