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Comment on Jesus vs. religion? by Why I love Jesus! « The Good News

Why I love Jesus! « The Good News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:51:46 +0000

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Comment on Jesus vs. religion? by James

James — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:52:49 +0000

Yes. If abandoning religion means abandoning community then I’m sticking with religion! In fairness, I don’t think this is what Jefferson Bethke was saying – he claims love for the church and so on – but it can still be the message people take away with them. Individualism is the ‘religion’ of the secular west; prophetic voices must call us away from that. (Which brings me back to the point that the answer to wrong religion is not no religion, but Jesus religion!)

Comment on Jesus vs. religion? by The Difference Between Religion and Relationship « Reviewed Thought

The Difference Between Religion and Relationship « Reviewed Thought — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:34:32 +0000

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Comment on Jesus vs. religion? by deadfliesmike

deadfliesmike — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:58:38 +0000

James,
the problem I have with the video is that in my experience, the people who live the way you talk about are usually sustained by some communal habit of worship.
That is, pitting ‘Jesus’ against ‘religion’ is often (in my limited experience), simply an excuse for a privatised faith that goes along with the market’s vision of being human.

Comment on Is Big Business Bad? (A Dialogue) by Joanna

Joanna — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:10:26 +0000

Two observations
1) We may never all attain the agrarian lifestyle but we can all grow some more food, in fact it is important as numbers increase to eke out more and more space for growing food.
2) We would all be better off if spent more on less stuff and paid people better for making it.

Comment on Don’t Text Gok by Annie Porthouse

Annie Porthouse — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:50:36 +0000

Ah – interesting! I am not surprised about Primark, New Look, M&S and Monsoon’s rating… but I didn’t think Asda George would be up there in the 3/5!

Ultimately, the companies solely dedicated to Fair Trade (Traidcraft, for example, who sell clothes) must be the 5/5 scorers, as they find where there is need, set up projects, then sell the goods over here, etc. But then they are teeny tiny compared with the big stores, and can’t possibly sell anything like as much as, say, M&S can. Sad, but true.

So ought I to by FT clothes from M&S to encourage them and enable them to sell more and more FT, or buy from Traidcraft who have been ‘at it’ for 30 odd years and know what they’re doing?
Or will the couple of items I purchase make no difference whatsoever to the state of the world…?!

Comment on Don’t Text Gok by Tonksthecat

Tonksthecat — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:29:04 +0000

Thank you Annie, as a former teacher in my late 30′s and a dedicated vascillator between charity shops and High street shops (when ‘pass-on’s let me down) I was ticked by your post.

The other week I looked into this theory of the mid-price retailers being worse than Primark these days and found on “labour behind the label” website an ethical clothes manufacture comparison thingy which rated these compaines on paying a living wage to supply chain bods. (It doesn’t include Fairtrade cotton, environmental sustainability and animal rights)

1/5 = Debenhams, fat face, h&m, peacocks, gap, fcuk, River Island
2/5=Tesco, Burberry, Matalan, Sainsburys
2.5/5= Arcadia
3/5= Asda George, Primark(!),
New Look 3.5/5= M&S, Monsoon/acessorise,

A friend who works for Gap in this sphere said “It’ll be about ensuring the vendors have clean dormitories for their workers, payment of minimum wage, and not employing anyone under the relevant school leaving age for the country, Fair trade are usually small farmers and there is only so much to go round the big retailers – China cannot be fair traded so they are out of the figures.. at Gap we a whole team devoted to working with and educating our vendors – its possible we were late with the info”

Comment on Just the sixteen of us by s0upy

s0upy — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:22:38 +0000

Thanks for the post. I look forward to reading more as and when.

I look forward to reading more Breathe stuff too. I find it very inspiring.

So, did they knock on your bedroom door?

Comment on Just the sixteen of us by Georgia Morton

Georgia Morton — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:55:51 +0000

YES YES YES the 16 of us……. more Lord!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And what a fantastic bunch of coconuts!

Comment on Just the sixteen of us by Andrew Bone

Andrew Bone — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 16:54:07 +0000

Interesting Stuff James, Will definitely keep an eye out for further posts.