I just realised that writing the new book and my one thing a week stuff has mostly coincided with Lent. I was raised by strict catholics & I think there is probably an unconscious connection (even though these days I live with a North Korean communist educated wife and my 4 year old son only asked me yesterday "Why did Jethus die?") Why not do a huge campaign next year targeting the Catholic world? It's about taking a time of restraint and expanding it beyond traditional fasting and abstinance; just like the numerous 'carbon diets'.
I know an agency who works with Telefonica in Spain and South America, I'm going to suggest it next time I meet them. Post any smart creative ideas here, but remember it's got to be un-blasphemous (no holy water saving schemes or low carbon ash etc!) There's been a few churches & blogs that came to the same idea this year but nothing large scale that I could find. NB If anyone has seen something bigger that I've missed do say and I will use in the book as an example.
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Have a look at this: A Year of Living Generously (http://generous.org.uk/).
It was born out of the Greenbelt Festival (http://www.greenbelt.org.uk/), the Christian version of Glastonbury, but with more talks, less commercialisation, and a bit more (leftie) action. And less drugs. Probably :-)
Great stuff Jon thx :J
Over Easter i read a brilliant book called "Blue Like Jazz" by Donald Miller. His book takes you on a journey with him as he explores his faith, but it is the most honest and contemporary writing on faith that i have read and i honestly think that if i acted on even one of the ideas put forward it would change my life. Sounds like an oversell, but i really thought it was incredibly insightful.
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