Towards shalom in my neighbourhood…
Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was...
View ArticleLessons from suffering…
My wife Trish and I have been living in the inner-city slum of Hillbrow, South Africa, for just over a year. We moved from a six-bedroom home in a gated-security community in Midrand, a suburb of...
View Article“The church is a whore but she is my mother” Unknown
I have been reflecting on our journey in relation to our participation in our local church. As you may know, we relocated almost 2 years ago from a 6 bedroom home in a gated middle class suburb to live...
View ArticleMy Blanket story
Lets make sure that this winter we remember the homeless in our city. At the end of this month, buy some extra blankets, beanies, scarves, gloves… wait for a cold night and then conspire with some...
View ArticleLight in the Asphalt Jungle – by Vincent Harding
Deeply stirred by this poem… oh how we need folk to move into neighbourhoods like Hillbrow all over the world… it is long but worth a read Light in the Asphalt Jungle – Written by Vincent...
View ArticleMaking poverty personal – Ash Barker
A heartfelt cry from Ash barker on making poverty personal [http://vimeo.com/91917249#at=444]
View ArticleVoting for inclusion
Just voted… It feels so insignificant… My vote will make so little difference. The real hope over the next 4 years, for this country, lies not in the cross I made on a piece of paper, but in our...
View Article#GiveBackOurBlankets Campaign
On Wednesday 5 June 2014, the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police continued to take blankets from the homeless in Hilbrow. No explanation or valid and rational reason could exist authorising the Metro...
View ArticleIMAGINE
Come and IMAGINE with us… An evening of worship, prayer, listening, reflection and imagining our future Situated right in the Centre of Hillbrow is our brand new (but still to be IMAGINEd and...
View ArticleA few of our favorite media highlights from the last two years…
Here are just a few of our favorite news articles and television documentaries written/ made about our work over the last two years… Daily Maverick: Hope in Hillbrow: ‘If Jesus lived...
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