Shaun and I had been married for a couple of months and decided to start trying for a family. Imagine our excitement as we found out I was pregnant. At about 8 weeks things didn't seem to be quite right so found a gynae and went for a check-up. I had terrible pain and was bleeding a little. After some scanning and much to our surprise the doc couldn't find any indication of a pregnancy [...]
My second daughter, Zoe, was stillborn at 37 weeks on 24th March 2007 in London, UK - we had no warning, one day she was well, with a strong heartbeat, head down, ready to come into the world, and two days later, she was dead. It turns out that Nicole has a blood condition that pre-disposes her toward clotting, and the best guess is that there must have been sudden clotting in the placenta/umbilical chord [...]
this series of blog posts has been on my heart and mind for well over a year and i am excited to finally be at the point of getting started on it. there are a number of incredibly important, life-transforming, heart-breaking life events that happen to huge numbers of people that no-one, or very few people, ever seem to talk publically about - and so for the most part there are hundreds or thousands of [...]
this year we got to be secret rooftop witnesses of this incredible act of Christmas mischief that Shane speaks about in this article and it was incredible hearing some of the stories from some of the people who had no idea where the money came from and yet for some of them it was a complete lifeline and life-changing moment for them: So here is the start of the article shane wrote but click on [...]
i came across this blog today and i want you to read the bio with me and try and conjure up in your mind an image of the person who might possibly be writing it: "A few years ago, I stumbled upon the Vaquita, a tiny endangered porpoise. I was heartbroken when I read about its story, so I decided to start this blog, along with many other efforts to help this species. I post [...]
please take a minute and go read this story titled "A victim treats his mugger right" and let this story of a man called Julio Diaz challenge you to think more creatively about the people in need around you whatever shape or form or flavour you may find them in [had a super rad encounter with a homeless guy called Paul today who i will blog about later, made my day!]
last nite at our simple way potluck we had some directors come show us a documentary they made about a family from columbia - the main thrust of the movie was about these fumigations that americaland funds to try and nail cocaine fields in columbia [planes flying over and dumping poison] altho in a nutshell the poison kills all food crops completely and the coca plant which is the intended victim grows back in three [...]
one of my favourite freaky stories in the bible [and there's lots of them - 2 kings 2.23 story of elisha and the baldyhead bear-mauling incident] is the story of elijah found in 1 kings 17. now a bunch of things happen here - there is elijah being fed miraculously by ravens, there is the miracle of the flour and oil of the widow not running out and then the widow's son mysteriously dies. it [...]
i was busy responding to a hospitality house [part of my job at the simple way] email when i saw this link to a shane claiborne uk tour happening later this year - if you watch the brief video clip you will get an idea of why val and i are hanging out in these parts with these people - it is an exciting dreama nd vision - what if Jesus actually meant the stuff? [...]
i like feel-good stories, because they make me feel good. Hence the name. In a world that dramatises and is so quick to share negative stories and attrocities, i think we need a lot more feel-good news reporting and so i want to take more opportunities to highlight them on my blog when i see them... this is clearly going to be a movie in the making but it seems like a case of someone [...]