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Audience at Greencoat Place

Afghan author, poet and interpreter Shabibi Shah gave a personal insight into her courageous life story at the launch of the latest edition of her book Where do I Belong? She answered questions put to her by journalist Mary Lean at a Greencoat Forum held in the London Centre for Initiatives of Change on 11 November.

The upskilling of local people in building bridges of trust across a diverse community is one of the aims of the Hope in the Cities Dialogue Group in Nottingham. In October they held a four-day training course at the Sycamore Community Centre on how to facilitate community dialogues.

 

The Times, London, on its Saturday ‘Faith’ page, 8 November, carried an article by Michael Smith, following his IofC website commentary on the financial crisis.

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A Transforming Experience>> Summer 2008 marked the 100th anniversary of a transforming experience of Frank Buchman, founder of IofC. A very diverse group of seventeen people journeyed from Keswick in the UK, to Sweden, Germany and Caux, Switzerland. In this new DVD they explore the essence of Buchman’s spiritual journey, what developed from it, and its significance for today.


Worldwide Legacy of Frank Buchman

The Worldwide Legacy of Frank Buchman>> In 1908 Buchman, an American Lutheran minister of Swiss descent who was the originator of Initiatives of Change, had a spiritual experience of release from bitterness in crucial relationships that altered the course of his life.