by Michael Manning | Jun 2, 2017 | Opinion
How do we confront the structural challenges that break people, rather than offer sticking-plaster solutions? I was invited recently to talk about “patterns of need on the Isle of Man.” I joined colleagues from other charities and agencies as we shared...
by Barry Howard | Mar 3, 2015 | Opinion
Robert Lupton has urged churches and other charities to reconsider and revise their mission strategies in order to make them more effective. If a church deems Lupton’s challenge, expounded in his book, “Toxic Charity,” to be valid, what are the steps...
by Barry Howard | Feb 17, 2015 | Opinion
I was prompted to rethink my own presuppositions about stewardship after reading Ron Sider’s probing book, “Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger: Moving from Affluence to Generosity,” several years ago. More recently, I have been thinking more deeply...
by James Gordon | Jan 13, 2014 | Opinion
While browsing an Oxfam bookshop recently, I saw several books and a CD I would have bought, but, to be honest and upfront about it, they were far too expensive. I know the secondhand book market and the prices that are fair and sensible. The Oxfam pricing policy...
by Chuck Queen | Jan 7, 2013 | Opinion
A healthy Christian spirituality includes both an internal life of integrity that is developed through a personal relationship with Christ and an external life of ministry that is expressed through self-giving service for the good of others. The life of service...