How should we respond to the latest Middle East crises?

It's a genuine question and I don't have an answer. Today I played a squash league match against Sam (I lost again and should have won - doh). Sam is a young Jewish guy who I've talked to before about faith and Judaism. He's a nice guy, although I didn't like his lack of compassion towards the innocent civilians in Lebanon (it's Hezbollah's fault for using human sandbags). Thanks Andrew for this article which presents a different view and links to Christians in the Lebanon, who at least I can pray for, although I would like to do more.

Two Blogs in a Day get me

Ok this probably means that there are other things I should be doing but am avoiding...anyhow just wanted to post our church launch invite. More info here at our developing website.

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White Park Bay
Originally uploaded by SimonKirby.

Not been a great blogger lately - when were you I hear you cry - fair play. July was a great month, the weather was firing on all cylinders. We dipped our toe into community action (you never know I might blog about that) and I got to spend a few days in Northern Ireland hooking up with some old friends and making some new ones through the training network that I'm involved with. This is the beach at White Park Bay, just below the youth hostel where we were staying, it was a magnificent location. As well as quite a few hours talking about training we got to visit the Giant's Causeway and the Bushmills Distillery, so it wasn't all hard work.