October 12-18th is Chocolate week. This is a great time to have a chocolate party – especially as you will be covering up for Autumn anyway so won’t be on your bikini and shorts diet any longer!
Try http://www.chocolate-week.co.uk for inspiration and do let us know what you plan to do – it might inspire someone else.
With the current trend for healthy eating there’s never been a better time than this for growing organic food. You can even source seeds from reliable sources so that you know the history of your food from seed to plate.
This week is National Allotment Week (see http://www.nagtrust.org/page6.html)
and a great time to start growing your own alongside others. You can put your name down for an allotment if you haven’t got space at home though some people are offering shared space in their gardens. Its mutually beneficial – you get someone else to do the digging and see the fabulous results from your window and share in the harvest.
Those who have allotments talk about the community spirit that exists with gardeners swapping products when they have a glut. Bartering is a great way to stock your fridge.
People often feel less threatened when working alongside someone else and are more willing to share meaningful things or listen to other people’s point of view. It’s a great way to build relationships and you might even be able to invite them to join in your Harvest Festival.
So grab a spade and get going. After all our story began in a garden…
Yesterday the identities of the parents of Baby P were revealed. A lot of the news coverage however did not centre on those two individuals but rather on the way that many other ‘individuals’ have reacted towards them with a mob mentality. Apparently a group has been formed on Facebook callng for them to be tortured. What does it say about us as a society that a) we have ‘produced’ these individuals and b)that we then want to demonise them? The naming of Tracy and Peter will only serve any purpose if, in the light of their experiences,the story for many other potential ‘Tracy’s’ and ‘Peter’s’ currently in the care system can be changed. The mob mentality that calls for ‘eye for an eye’ is not a mark of civilised society. (Remember that Jesus totally overturned that attitude in the Sermon on the Mount?) If we want inhumane retribution we have lowered ourselves to a brutish level. Somewhere today there are prison offices, prison chaplains, psychologists and counsellors who are working to try to restore humanity and dignity to these two individuals whose lives were trashed at a very early age. Pray for those individuals. Perhaps there are conversations to be had around how God holds justice in one hand and forgiveness in the other?
Should the names of the parents of Baby P have remained anonymous? Read More »
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