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I am always amazed at what kindness can achieve; when dealing with violence. I have been a Street Pastor since 2008, we are volunteers from many different churches. I can remember the first big fight we saw; about a dozen angry drunks punching the living daylights out of each other. We face a...

We shall be going out with the Street Pastor team tomorrow night, we will probably finish around 4 am. We wonder the streets of our town to listen, care and help when we can. New Years Eve can be a joyful time, it can also turn nasty, but we put our faith in God and Go. We first pray that God...

Good and evil - heaven or hell poses a dilemma. The atheist might say, I didn't ask to be born, why should I spend an eternity in hell for bad choices I make in life? In Christianity, we say the Lord's prayer, and we tell God what to do. Forgives us our trespasses, as we forgive those who...

To love God and to love all our neighbours as we love ourselves, is probably the biggest challenge to growth. Our neighbours put so many obstacles in the way, that it is hard to love them as we love ourselves. Our spiritual growth hangs on breaking down these barriers. Jesus died for me and for...

Before the flood, and up to the Time of Moses, there were no laws, mankind only had the knowledge between good and evil. When Cain killed Abel, there was not a law of do not kill. I believe the law of God is a profound subject, but the law of God only works if we all choose to willingly and...

We all die, so death is not the problem. Imagine God looking down on humanity at any point in our history, he would see all the injustice that we are capable of. As to the Ark, or plagues, God has the power to restore us all to a greater good life after death. If there is no God, most people...

Justice is only justice, when you take away the labels of race, religion nationality, and treat everyone the same. Justify bombing Iraq.

When we were in Jerusalem in 2009, we saw evidence of Palestinian houses that had been bulldozed. The rubble was full of furniture, this fits the narrative that bulldozers would turn; up and give an hours notice. The inhabitants were not given time to empty their house.

I am a ?British Catholic. I believe Muslims have suffered the most injustice in recent years. 9/11 was wrong, I cannot condone any violence. I believe the response of the American coalition, was also unjust. Instead of bringing those responsible to account, 176,000 Afghans died, including...

Can we accept the diversity that is Islam, and without prejudice? Muslims pray five times a day, they take fasting seriously, modesty and family is important to Muslims. Yet these are the qualities we overlook. In today's society, anything goes, marriage has little meaning, relationships seem...

Brought the wife some elastic for Christmas, it's the present that keeps giving.

I have been to Jerusalem twice, the second time was to search for a greater understanding of ‘One God’ In 1965, most of the city was within the boarders of Jordan. When we arrived at our hotel, we could hear gunshots, the receptionist said, don’t worry, there is always shooting. I remember...

I hope it is not too painful.

Death in the family, losing your, job, accidents, breakdown in relationships, can all lead to suffering. Suffering is a reaction to events in our life, but is suffering the only option? Can we somehow learn from tragedy, to become more resilient, patient and persevere, can we dig deeper and...

The numbers were taken from Mr Google, roughly a middle ground, so I am not claiming any accuracy. My post was more about justice. Supposedly, the Iraq war was to do with invisible WMDs. This makes America the biggest hypocrite, they only had to look in their own back yard for these weapons...

9/11 was regarded as an act of terror. Yet when the American government gave authority to their troops to bomb and invade Iraq, that was not regarded as an act of terror. How so. About 300,000 Iraqi civilians were killed due to the invasion, about a thousand times the amount killed during 9/11...

I guess the challenge for all of us is, when we hear or read something, what is the intentions behind those words? Are those words inspired by an act of kindness, or some other intention? Tricky, I am guessing we get this wrong a lot.

The UK gives you a small control of where your tax money goes. If I give £10 to a charity, I can gift aid it, this means that the government will top up my donation by 20%. The £2 would come from the income tax I have paid. I wish I could agree with you. Sadly, I can only see man's inhumanity...

I found a deeper understanding of One God; from a marathon event I did. I had about three months training to do a 1200k cycle ride on a single speed, fixed wheel bike. The ride took just under 85 hours, and I had to pedal every inch of the way, meaning, I had to turn the pedals about 225,000...

How do you make someone so desperate, that they are willing to risk their lives in an act of 'terrorism'? Saddam was evil in the eyes of the west, he was hiding invisible WMDs. But is that a good enough reason to invade Iraq. There might be millions of angry Iraqi, who blame America and its...