Graham’s Grumbles

I’m currently working as a volunteer for a local church. My title is “Social Action Parish Assistant”, which is a pretty damned huge title to work with, covering almost anything Activist or Volunteering related that the church gets involved with. I also work a day a week for Alzheimers Society, which is hugely fascinating, but also quite a “boring desk job” affair. I’m a graduate of Peace Studies and have an academic interest in participation and activism, as well as a lot of personal involvement.

Much of my writing reflects this: As a Christian, I’m tired of seeing the church sit by quietly praying about the world’s problems without seeking to be an effective force for change, let a force to stop the injustice. The same goes for wider society. Even within protest movements I see problems, so I write about them. I follow the BBC News Headlines on RSS, so I can’t help but write responses to what gets reported there.

This blog is not meant to be a reflective diary, though occasionally it gets used as that. I hope it keeps a fairly raw edge, and ask you forgive me if I type faster than I can think or my point comes across completely wrong.

My comments policy is pretty simple: comments by new unregistered readers get moderated (WordPress recognises you pretty soon, worry not!), anything which either attacks myself or counts as a hate crime gets deleted, and I accept pretty much anything else. Don’t expect a personal response from me, but I will try and take part in the debate where possible.