Much of today’s media, certainly the stuff that we see the most, is dominated and owned by large business interests. There is an obvious danger in that – whatever news may hurt those interests is either not going to be told, or will be told in such a way that minimizes damages. Because of this, any civil society should see the promulgation and promotion of quality independent media as something of high importance. We need [...]

Update: I have sorted the issues out. If you have any problems, please let me know by leaving a comment here. With a recent upgrade to WordPress 3.0 we are experiencing some technical issues with this blog. I have isolated it to a problematic plugin, now I just need to identify which plugin it is. Thanks for your patience as I sort this out.

In the lead up to Easter we will be putting up a new lent devotion each week day. These devotions will also be available in the discussions section of our Facebook page and will be played on New Zealand’s Rhema. There is a great Christian tradition that is often carried out this time of year in the lead up to Easter. That tradition involves three practices – prayer, fasting and giving. Each of those three [...]

If you’re a regular reader, you’ll notice that the site looks very different. We have just changed the look of the site. This means that there will be some things that need working on over the next little while as we iron out bugs and get the site working seamlessly again. Thanks for your patience. Update: Nested comments is now activated so you can respond directly to comments and follow smaller conversations within the wider [...]

Farmstock – be there or… not there. Seriously, this looks like a great gig and it’s blimmin cheap. Having heard of a few of the bands myself I can attest to the fact that the music will be awesome and what better way to spend a summer evening than at Dave’s house, hanging out on a farm with friends enjoying good music and eating BBQ food! Plus, all the proceeds good to TEAR Fund. Yay [...]

Yesterday in our home, we indulged in one of our Christmas traditions – we put up the Christmas tree. For me this has never been a big deal, but throw in my 3 year old daughter whose love language seems to be gifts and the whole game has changed. Putting up the Christmas tree is now a festive occasion of sites, giggles, smiles, excitement, play, learning and an amazing amount of joy just at the [...]

The following is a great vid with a remake of a Bob Marley Song featuring musicians from various parts of the world. Fabulous!

Beth Harper, our TEAR Fund Church Advocates Manager talks about her interesting past, her current role and what she hopes to achieve in that area.

To read the post that provides the context to the following writing, click here. This trip that has me in Nairobi, Kenya, is one that I am doing on my own. Here at the Micah Network conference I have been forming some good acquaintances very quickly, some that I hope will turn into good global friendships, but there is no-one that I am very familiar with to the point where I can offload my experiences [...]

Project 365 Day 16 – From My Room in Johannesburg, originally uploaded by made2serve. I arrived in Johannesburg, South Africa, last night after leaving Auckland about 20 hours before. The flight between Auckland and Sydney was rough but all credit to the Air New Zealand staff for keeping us informed about the conditions and what was being done – the pilot was excellent.