Surrender and Necessity: A Lesson from our Neighbours
Posted On July 6, 2011
One thing I have asked of the Lord,That will I seek after:That I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of… Read More →
Gift of Praxis and Simplicity
Posted On May 10, 2011
When Servants articulated Simplicity as one of its key concepts by which it wanted its members to live and minister, it undoubtedly had in mind… Read More →
The Seven Myths of Slums
Posted On December 10, 2010
Conventional thinking on development issues is often characterised by many assumptions, clichés and rationalisations about the residents of slums. In challenging some of these core… Read More →
Anna, Patron Saint of Slum Children
Posted On September 14, 2009
I’ll be honest. When I applied to do the internship with Servants in Cambodia I was secretly nurturing an idea of myself as ‘Anna, patron… Read More →
When Silence is Betrayal – a Biblical Case for Civil Disobedience
Posted On March 19, 2009
I strained my ears to hear the voicemail message. Would we help a family of asylum seekers needing a place of sanctuary to avoid deportation… Read More →
Francis of Assisi – The first Eco Saint
Posted On February 23, 2009
As the first born son of a wealthy merchant, Francis was raised with all the privileges and expectations of a wealthy Umbrian (Italian) family of… Read More →
How to Move into a Slum
Posted On January 14, 2009
According to the UN, 1 out of every 6 people on earth today lives in a slum. Yet those who intentionally relocate to these communities… Read More →
The Prophet, the Alongsider and the Artist-Activist
Posted On July 13, 2006
A friend wrote to me the other day with some genuine and searching questions about our incarnational approach to mission. He asked me whether living… Read More →
Human Rights? Who Cares?
Posted On June 29, 2006
“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists,… Read More →