Books & Blogs from Adrian Hawkes Blog
PCC EVENT July 2021 – Almost out of Lockdown. Phoenix Community Care has for many years sponsored and created social events. These events have been for its staff, Foster Carers, those cared for, our Unaccompanied Minors, and the team suppo…
FAMILY / COMMUNITY Isn’t it interesting how much talk about community and family there is at present? I thought I ought to get in on the act and give my two pennies worth. It’s an important subject. One that I think is somewhat misundersto…
Metanarrative 2. Not the first time I have written on this subject. You may have guessed that I think it is important. What is a “metanarrative” anyway? It means “the big picture”. Or, to put it another way; “a world view”, how o…
Platforming Let me say right from the start that freedom of speech is a crucial aspect of living in a democracy. I also am sure that freedom of speech should be limited to freedom that does not incite violence against others. On the other side o…
WHAT IF? I was Thinking through Tyndale’s translation of the Greek New Testament word, “ecclesia.” Tyndale translated this word in his translation of the Bible as, “congregation”. An, “ecclesia,” was a political assembly of citizens of ancient Gr…
Monogenerational It is a problem. It is a problem because it puts us into boxes and the boxes are too small. In recent forums that I have been party to, I note that people suffer from the syndrome of monogenerational thinking. That …
How did we get it wrong? How do we get it right? Eκκλησία – Ecclesia Preparing lectures on the subject of Politics and doing a certain amount of research and study on the subject set me questioning and thinking … hopefully pushing further than I …
Babylon Two Alternative Many must live in the Empire, that is obvious. There are no alternatives. We are told that we should pray for a blessing on the Empire and build a house. In other words – live. It is also true that we must c…
Babylon One There are those that I call ‘the alternative’ and they can be a nuisance to Empire because they have a different value system, and an allegiance to a different Kingdom. Yet they have no choice but to live in the Empire, but they need …