Why Bother with ‘Interfaith’?
Updated: Aug 29, 2018 By Josie Child, PAX Producer The Awareness Foundation is a Christian charity, but interfaith has always been an important part of our work. Why? Our mission is to empower people of faith to embrace diversity and build harmonious communities together. Not just Christians, but people of all faiths. We believe that […]
Jesus was radical…and we should be radical like him
Updated: Jun 28, 2019 By Josie Child, PAX Producer For many, to be ‘radical’ has become a shorthand for religious and political extremism. We have become accustomed to associating it with acts of terror and violence. As a result, we think of radicalism as some sort of evil brainwashing that leads to hate, mistrust, and intolerance. […]
Greatest threat to Palmyra is Western apathy
The world seems to be stunned by the rise of Islamic State, paralysed and unable to act in a coherent and effective fashion. ISIS is like a plague, spreading, infecting and destroying, yet the international community, including their leaders and organisations, is confused and helpless. The latest shock the world has received is the capture […]
How to End the Refugee Crisis in the Middle East
Travelling around the world to give lectures about my foundation’s peace-building work, I see such a divorce between the politics of powerful nations and the people within them. The people I meet all want to help the refugees, but few of them know why the Middle Eastern refugees exist, beyond an idea that “they are […]