Lynne Stringer said of Plan Be “I read this book and thought it was brilliant.” And Shomona Khanna said: “This little book is a real mover and shaker up!!” Plan Be – Get it, read it, give it, live it. Be the Blessed Revolution.

Video: Jihad for peace Young Muslim Europeans speak about their greatest struggles – their “Jihad for Peace” – in this video produced by the Swiss foundation CAUX-Initiatives of Change. http://www.commongroundnews.org/video.php?lan=en&in_source=email 

Could you forgive the killer of your child? In the new documentary One Day After Peace, Robi Damelin, a bereaved mother-turned-peace activist, looks for solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after her son is killed by a sniper.http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=31274

Dissident Discipleship: A Spirituality of Self-surrender, Love of God, And Love of Neighbour (Google eBook) Best-selling author David Augsburger reveals the life-giving nature of surrender and service in Dissident Discipleship. Moving beyond self-centred therapies and “Lone Ranger” spirituality, Augsburger reveals that our spiritual lives will grow when we look outside of ourselves and lay down our lives […]

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