Click on the picture below for link   On Mercyland: Hymns For The Rest of Us, producer and writer Phil Madeira set out with an initiative to affirm the common ground and positive qualities of faith. In an expansive and spacious conversation through song, artists like Shawn Mullins sing songs that celebrate God’s great love. http://youtu.be/PVbPVfhzE0Y […]

What prayer means to me and why Micah 6:8 – the prophetic call ‘to do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with God’ – is an important text in the context of my participation in the global conspiracy of the Spirit.

  Up until now many of my books have not really been readily available around the world. Wipf and Stock have remedied that by recently launching The Dave Andrews Legacy Series.   Until recently, copies of some of these books, were being offered by sellers on Amazon Marketplace for over $1,000. Now you can buy these […]

Dr Raz Somech is one of the main figures in the deeply moving documentary Precious Life which was nominated for an Academy Award in 2011 and serves as a powerful image of hope in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In 2008, a four month-old baby from Gaza, Mohammed Abu Mustafa, came to the paediatric unit Dr Somech […]

Miriam O’Reilly in conversation with people whose stories speak of integrity, courage, and the cost of doing the right thing. She speaks to Farai Maguwu an outspoken critic of human rights abuses in the Marange diamond fields in Zimbabwe.  http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/heartsoul

Be Be who you would be If the world were as it should be, Be who you could be If you had all you’d need. For the earth’s not just your mother, She’s your child, she’s your lover, With enough for your beauty But never your greed. Sing as the world sings, Heart open, soul […]

This is a 15 mins message by Russell Norman, a Co-leader of the Greens, delivered in parliament in N.Z. two days ago. It’s about the true message of Christmas that many Christians seem to have forgotten. Merry Christmas!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvsz_XkPRR4&feature=player_embedded YouTube – Videos from this email

by Gwladys Fouche and Terje Solsvik Declaring women’s rights vital for world peace, the Nobel Committee awarded its annual Peace Prize on Friday to three indomitable campaigners against war and oppression — a Yemeni and two Liberians, including that country’s president. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa’s first freely elected female head of state, shared the $1.5 million […]

By filmmaker Nadim Merrikh, a fifteen year old Baha’i from Guelph, Ontario, Canada. His collaborative film, Be the Change You Want to See, by the “Dapper Rappers”, was inspired by the London riots and was aimed at motivate young people for good. The video has had over 10,000 hits on Youtube and the rap music video […]

‘Songs In The Key Of Be’, a concert featuring my music, played by some great local musicians, to celebrate my 60th year towards heaven, was broadcast at 9.05pm on The Rhythm Divine, Radio National, 792, Friday 2 September. You can download an inspirational set from the concert for free from  http://www.abc.net.au/rn/rhythmdivine/ Hope you like it. […]

Great moments in “laughtivism” from Yes Men Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, the guys who duped the BBC, embarrassed Dow Chemical, and mocked Halliburton. by The Yes Men posted Jul 12, 2011 Some say that laughter helped bring down the Soviet Union, by making “­Brezhnev” rhyme with “ridiculous.” At the Yes Lab, we help activists […]

Picks from Catherine Claire Larson, author of ‘As We Forgive.’ Catherine Claire Larson | posted 5/18/2011 09:14AM   Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace Miroslav Volf (Zondervan) When it comes to contemplating forgiveness, Volf’s works stand head and shoulders above the crowd. Here he puts forgiveness into the larger context […]