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Seek the welfare of the city, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare, you will find your welfare – Jeremiah 29.7
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I had a profound recognition of how our faith calls us to build relationships.
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Common Good thinking shows us the causes of fractures in our society and how to heal divides
We help people play their part to strengthen the bonds of social trust.
Taking responsibility to build the Common Good
FOCUS ON: Let's Continue to Build Community
- Our new 4 session guide helps local groups build on the community spirit that emerged during lockdown.
- During the crisis, you probably connected with many people and organisations in your neighbourhood. Why not gather a group to take that energy forward?
What’s happening in the Common Good world:
2 days ago“If a growing number of us come to believe that individual experience and perception is the primary truth, then it just becomes your truth versus mine...making it harder to come to democratic compromises.” @David_Goodhart @unherd unh...
2 days agoJust had a fascinating #GodPod podcast discussion with Maurice Glasman. Look out for it when it comes out. Loved his definition of the church: "the embodiment of love in a desecrated world"
3 days agoIs there such a thing as ‘common good?’ Take some time and listen again to the challenging conversation between @alanjroxburgh, Lord Glasman @blue_labour and Jenny Sinclair @T4CG ... Listen again, and share the Good #theg...
4 days agoGreat to see @SophyRidgeSky challenging @RishiSunak on whether he will keep the £20 a week uplift to #UniversalCredit. Unless we #KeepTheLifeline: ⚠️ 700,000 more people, including 300,000 children, are at risk of being swept into...
5 days agoThe problem with subjectivism is it drives people who disagree further apart, weakening social trust, ending up in the impasse of ‘my truth vs your truth’. Thoughtful ten minute piece by @David_Goodharttwitter.com/David_Goodhart…
5 days agoWays to resist the empire of institutional thinking and restore the natural wilderness of our lives: walk the neighbourhood regularly without headphones; live at the speed of trust; keep sabbath times as a dome of protection. @CormacRuss...
6 days agoNature and the Common Good: we agree with @ruthdavis27 that to be genuinely for the common good, #climate and #nature reform should have jobs for local people, their histories, cultures and skills at the centre. Read her 10-point plan. r...
