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Monday, September 29, 2008

In case you're wondering about the person I got to interview...


One of my favourite writers recently has been Brian McLaren. He's a refreshing voice in a world in which we've heard too many people talking about a version of Christianity that gets too caught up in a couple of narrow issues and turns a blind eye to some of the bigger problems in the world. I interviewed him for the program we've launched, Fast for Change, in which we're inviting people to spend World Food Day, October 16, fasting and praying about the great imbalances in a world in which over 800 million people are still hungry, and our neighbour to the south is busy bailing out a 700 billion dollar "mistake" made by the filthy rich.

Find out more at www.endhungerfast.com.

(By the way, it's an audio podcast, not a video. Don't be fooled by the image.)



8 comments:

Liz said...

Weird. I can hear you but I can't see you on the video. It's all black. It could be a problem on my end though. You do have a lovely voice though! :-)

Heather Plett said...

Liz - it's not actually a video, it's an audio podcast. The photo you see is just a still photo.

Liz said...

Oh Ok, the picture did throw me off.

Anonymous said...

Listening now.... thank you for posting..

I started a new blog by the way. Stop by when you get a chance

Linda said...

Good questions. Good interview. Thanks for sharing that.

Stephanie said...

Great interview. I'm checking out his newest book next time I'm at the library!

joyce said...

I've been thinking about fasting for a reallylong time now.
I'll pay/think about this Oct 16 one.
so much good stuff in that interview...

Anonymous said...

Thank you for bringing attention to such an important topic - our world's current food crisis! Did you know that hunger and malnutrition kill more people in the world than HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria combined?

A great nonprofit that's helping save thousands of malnourished children worldwide is International Medical Corps.

They're close to receiving $1.5 million in funding if enough people vote for them! Check it out here: http://internationalmedicalcorps.smnr.us/