Graham Philpott

Laying an Axe to the Roots

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Laying an Axe to the Roots

An Advent Message from the KwaZulu-Natal Church Leaders Group

Luke 3:1-20 John the Baptist Prepares the Way

"A voice of one calling in the desert,
'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.
Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill made low.
The crooked roads shall become straight, the rough ways smooth.
And all humankind will see God's salvation.' "

During this season of Advent we are particularly aware of the coming of Christ into our lives, the breaking in of the Word of God into our society – to denounce, disrupt, challenge but also to bring hope: “thy kingdom come, thy will be done”.

Grace, Truth and Development

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Click here to read this essay in word and here to read it in pdf.

Grace, Truth and Development

From the Communist Party across to the corporate spin-doctors and
down to the Development Committees in the shack settlements,
more or less everybody in South Africa speaks the language of
development. In some ways this is a good thing. It indicates a hard
won agreement that the realities of inequality in our society are so

Church Land Programme Invitation to Dialogue on 'Democracy Under Attack' 6 November

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Democracy Under Attack - Defend Freedom

Dear colleagues

Church Land Programme invites you to a dialogue on the state of our democracy in the light of recent attacks on Abahlali BaseMjondolo in Kennedy Road, and Abahlali's Constitutional Court victory against the KZN Slums Act. This will be a key opportunity to be updated on latest developments, and explore options for strategic responses. Your participation will be important in shaping strategies for the defence of our democracy.

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