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| Slavery |
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How
will you mark 200 years of the
Abolition of Slavery?
Historically people have unquestionably
chosen freedom over bondage.
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| 10
Ways to Increase Selfessness |
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- we're all selfish! Yet we can
all learn to be selfless. How?
Start small, work on the little
things and soon you'll grow in
your selflessness. Here are 10
small ways to help get you started:
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| Certain
Hope |
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| 'Are
you sure of what you hope for?'
This is the question asked by
a mystery author (possibly Paul)
in communications with some hard
core Christians known as the Hebrews
(11-1). So what’s your answer?
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| I
Hope |
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| In
the aftermath of a funeral for
a 13-year-old girl killed in a
car accident, Aaron White asks
if it’s possible to continue
to have hope in the face of shattering
loss and pain? |
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| Profound
Connections |
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| Even
in today’s western culture
relationships are still seen as
the most important things in life
yet they have a transient, disposability
that’s damaging and shatters
lives. ALOVE sifts through the
pieces ... |
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| How
to be Chaste |
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| How
can we practice chastity in an
unchaste world? - Chastity is
about far more than just being
prevented from having sex its
about the way we relate to other
people, about the honour and respect
we give to another person ... |
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| What
is War Good For? |
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| Christians
have gone to great lengths to
explain war and to justify its
continued use as an instrument
of the state. ALOVE writer Aaron
White expresses his views on why
war should be killed and invites
you into the debate ... |
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| The
Church and War |
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issue of war is as present today
as it ever was. No matter how
hard you try to dodge the issue,
eventually everyone has to wrestle
with it. ALOVE looks back on how
the Church has responded to war
through the ages ... |
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| 10
Issues Of Our Day That Need A
Christian Voice |
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are many issues in today’s
society that are becoming so polarized
that Christians are being called
upon to voice ‘God’s’
opinion on them. ALOVE takes a
look at ten of these issue and
what we might say ... |
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| The
Forgiveness Revolution: Desmond
Tutu |
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| Archbishop
Desmond Tutu has played an enormous
role in one of the most intriguing
dramas of history, and is one
of the most well known human rights
activists and public figures in
the world ... |
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| Gambling
Act – Time to act |
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March 2004, many young people
in the ALOVE community took part
in The Salvation Army and Methodist
church’s broader campaign
to petition Government over the
draft gambling bill. As a result
of the campaign aspects of the
bill were altered ... |
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| Alternative
Presents |
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| Ethical
giving is all the rage, or, at
least it should be, and here ALOVE
guides you through 10 options
for conscientious buying for complete
strangers. |
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| Not
just a white band |
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| What
is Make Poverty History all about
and what on earth has it got to
do with little old you? ALOVE
goes straight to the top and speaks
to Elaine Storkey, President of
Tearfund, the charity where the
whole idea began. |
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| Designer
Lines |
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| To
round off our look at addiction,
ALOVE interviews Lloyd Kinsley,
a freelance designer, who is the
man behind the ALOVE clothing
merchandise and Lardmonkey clothing
label. |
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| Addicted?
Getting Un-Hooked |
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| Materialism,
pride, false humility, behaviour,
chemicals, deception, self-loathing
... What’s your hook? ...
this ride may result in a change
of perspective culminating in
a distinct maturing in your journey
with God! |
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| Addiction |
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I
know a fount where sins are washed
away
I know a place where night is
turned to day
Burdens are lifted, blind eyes
made to see
There’s a wonder-working
powering the blood of Calvary!” |
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| ALOVE
investigates addiction and asks
whether freedom is really possible
at all? |
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| Rollercoaster’s,
Suffering and the Divine Plan |
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| Roller
coasters! You get on, stuff happens
to you and you get off. And maybe
that’s how some people feel
about life. People suffer. So
why is there suffering and how
do we cope? ALOVE tackles another
giant issue. |
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| Persecuted
Church |
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| Richard
Chilvers from charity Christian
Solidarity Worldwide, explaines
something of the key work they
do in reaching out to suffering
Christians around the globe and
offered some insight into how
life would be for you if you lived
in an anti-Christian land. |
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| Ten
Ways to Help End Suffering |
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| It’s
the first months of the new ALOVE
year and we dive straight in the
deep end taking a look at suffering.
Here we offer ten practical tips
that can help you – yes
YOU! – do your part in ending
suffering around the world and
in your own back yard. |
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| Do
Something Good Wednesday |
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| 1
year on from the launch of the
ALOVE vision, ALOVE interviews
Carl Jobson to find out a bit
about how the social action essential
has been implemented in his area;
all by spreading the love on a
Wednesday … |
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| Trisha
or Bust? |
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| Trisha’,
is a daytime show featuring guests
with various difficulties and
it seems that a monster of an
industry has grown up around people’s
troubles, including depression.
ALOVE Big Issues takes a look
at this “problem”
industry. |
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| Happy-Clappy
No More |
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| Joy
and despair, happiness and depression;
ALOVE takes a look at how we can
be real about life’s ups
and downs but still keep hold
of God’s promises. |
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| Depression |
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| Very
few of us really understand conditions
such as Clinical Depression. To
try and learn more, we interview
Simon Scott, who has also been
diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome. |
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| How
to be happy |
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| We
all experience joy and depression.
This month we find out how to
find the former and lose the latter,
and in turn, find lasting peace
and joy in a current world who's
mindset is designed to give a
quick buzz but ongoing hunger. |
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| Reconciliation
and Redemption |
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| ALOVE’s
Big Issues expert, Julian Saunders,
unravels our monthly theme- asking
what does God really have to say
about new years, new starts and
new things. |
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| Beneath
the wrapping |
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| Alove
reviews one writer’s assertion
that Christmas is not quite so
fluffy and safe as your average
Christmas card would have you
believe. |
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| Home
for Christmas? |
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| This
week, ALOVE interviews Jonny Smith,
who along with his wife Catherine,
are involved in outreach to homeless
people in the Elephant and Castle
area of London. Jonny helps us
try to understand what it is like
for people to be homeless at Christmas
and how we can do our part to
help. |
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| Human
Traffik |
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| For
information on Human Trafficking
issues and details of the 'Human
Traffik' event at next years'
Youth Rally click the link above. |
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| 5
gold rings – thinking through
debt at Christmas |
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| Christmas
time is one of the most financially
stressful times of years for everyone.
ALOVE spoke to Richard Hunter,
a financial and investment advisor,
to find out how young people can
be aware of some of the financial
traps around, and help their family
be careful though a dangerous
time. |
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| A
question of beauty |
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a look at image and acceptance
Are we trying to prove to the
world we’re perfect through
our image? Carrie Cummings takes
look into the question of image,
beauty and acceptance and argues
the most beautiful and desirable
thing we can offer God is our
vulnerability and raw honesty. |
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| Star
Struck |
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Carrie
Grant chats to ALOVE about image.
ALOVE grabs ten minutes with Fame
Academy’s top vocal coach
to the stars, Carrie Grant, to
find out how, in a world where
image is everything, she gets
some of the right perspective.
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| Held
in Esteem: The battle for your
image |
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| ALOVE
takes a look at self-esteem and
self-image, two of the most powerful
influences on your life. We start
by looking at some of the lies,
some of the truths and offer some
tips on how to wage war against
the voices that scream you’re
worthless. |
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| Free
trade or Fair trade? |
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| This
week one of our ALOVE peer writers,
Carl Baker, an economics graduate,
takes an in-depth look at how
our everyday choices may be enslaving
others and poses the question:
Free trade or Fair trade? |
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| Fair
Trade and the Nepal Leprosy Trust |
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| Ruth
Hunter is the General Manager
for The Nepal Leprosy Trust and
goes to Raynes Park Salvation
Army. Here she shares with ALOVE
how she is involved in Fair Trade
and why it’s so important. |
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| Top
Ten ways to trade fairly and justly |
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| This
month we're looking at trade justice.
It's an issue that has garnered
a ton of media attention over
the last year or so. Trade justice
is our response in taking steps
to make sure we consume in a way
that does not damage God's world. |
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| Working
in Legal Aid - Part 2 |
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| Part
2 of our interview with Jo Underwood,
a housing solicitor in legal aid
law. This week, we ask her why
social action is important. |
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| Working
in Legal Aid - Part 1 |
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| ALOVE
snatched a few minutes with Jo
Underwood, a housing solicitor
in legal aid law, to hear about
her heart for Social Action in
ALOVE. |
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| Life
is Not Fair ... So What Now? |
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| Not
every problem has a solution;
Life is not fair and in regards
to evil in the world, the question
is not ‘why’ but ‘what
now’. ALOVE starts to scratch
the surface on what it means to
confront injustice in our world. |
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