There Is No Silver Bullet: Servants India Y-Team
Posted On April 15, 2014
The follow reflection was written by a member of the Servants India Y-team. To learn more about this team and ways you can join them,… Read More →
FtAF: A Lent Experiment in Solidarity with Indian Poor
Posted On March 7, 2014
[As we enter the season of Lent, I have seen many Facebook posts commenting on what people are giving up, with most of them being… Read More →
Moving Towards A Just Local Economy
Posted On January 29, 2014
The following reflection was written by a member of the Servants Y-team in India. If you’re interested in joining this team, you can learn more… Read More →
Evangelism Series: The Kingdom of God Is Like A Mango
Posted On May 30, 2013
The following reflection was written by a Servants missionary who serves on one of our teams in India. If you’d like to learn more about… Read More →
Alertnet: Myanmar could see Explosion of Slums, Expert Warns
Posted On June 7, 2012
YANGON (AlertNet) – In the poorest pockets of Yangon, garbage and toilet waste spill onto the streets where children play barefoot. Small stilt houses sit… Read More →
BBC: Sheds with Beds are London’s Modern Day Slums
Posted On February 28, 2012
They came to Britain illegally in search of a better life, but the reality turned out to be far removed from what they dreamed of…. Read More →
The Big White Intruder Giant
Posted On May 26, 2011
Two years ago I went to stay for two months in the slums of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I moved in with a family of eight,… 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 →
.:::THE DISCO:::.
Posted On March 23, 2009
“only dance, only dance…drink beer…only dance.” Our friend Aung Tin (name changed) tries to clarify his purposes at the local disco before we fully understand… 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 →