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IT all ends here. Time forthe ultimate showdownbetween the wiz kid and

the Dark Lord. But is the Boy Who Lived about to die?Cinemagoers canfind out by watchingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Part 2, on generalrelease now.

In this eighth film –based on the final book inthe series by J. K. Rowling– Harry (Daniel Radcliffe)is still on the lookout for the Horcruxes – items containing pieces of LordVoldemort’s immortal soul.

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whether ten years ofinvestment by new Labourhave made a difference.

‘Child poverty is still aproblem. There are morethan 1.5 million childrenliving in what Save theChildren calls “seriouspoverty”. We need to helpthose kids.

‘Having made that earli-er film, I wasn’t thatshocked by what we foundin Poor Kids. I was simplysaddened that despite the£150 billion invested in taxcredits little had changed.It was sad to see that

although more than one million childrenhave been lifted out of poverty in the pastten years, for those still in poverty notmuch has changed. Life is still a hell of agrind.’

families feel a lot of peer pressure to joinin all the activities of their classmates –and parents want the best for their kids – but where money is very tight, a£20 trip means a family going without the necessities.’

Thanking the contributors for theirinsights, committee chair Kate Green, MP,said that proposals for welfare reformswere being finalised.

Speaking to The War Cry, Kayleighsaid: ‘What I described in Poor Kids is thelife I’ve known since I was six or seven.There was no script. I just told it as it was. My life has changed since the programme. I’ve moved in with my step-mum because my dad had a heart attackand is not able to care for me.

‘I’ve watched the programme seven

times and seen how other children live. Nobody should have to live in such poverty, especially in a supposedlyadvanced country. It is shameful.’

Asked what she would like to see as aresult of Poor Kids and her meeting withpoliticians, Kayleigh replied: ‘I’d like theGovernment to make sure that everyonegets the benefits they are entitled to, with-out people feeling that they are tainted.And to make sure that everybody gets

enough money for the basics, suchas food, fuel and clothing.’

Brian Woods from True VisionTV told The War Cry what led himto focus his programme on childpoverty.

‘At the beginning of the LabourGovernment we made a filmcalled Through the Eyes of aChild. It made sense for us torevisit the subject at the beginningof the coalition Government to see

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‘Poor Kids’ Kayleigh givesMPs low-down on poverty

IT was standing room only in committee room 8 at the House of Commons last week when 17-year-old Kayleigh from Leicester told the min-ister responsible for poverty, Maria Miller, MP,how being poor has affected her and her family.

Featured in BBC One’s hard-hitting documentary Poor Kids,Kayleigh told the minister and members of the All-PartyParliamentary Group on Poverty that ‘growing up in a poorhousehold is a secret you try to keep from everyone. I thoughtthat if people knew I was poor, they would look down on me orlaugh at me.

‘I can remember having new clothes only once – and that wasa school uniform. Everything else had to be second-hand. Mylittle brother used to get bullied because he had to wear my oldblouses to school – not because he wanted to but because therewas no money to buy him shirts. It really hurt to see him cryingbecause someone called him names. Wearing someone else’sthrown-out clothes really eats your self-confidence. In the endyou think you are just worthless.

‘Sometimes there was not enough money – my dad lost childbenefit when I was 16 even though I was in full-time education– and we went hungry.

‘I know times are hard,’ she concluded, ‘and the Governmenthas to make savings, but please don’t take money away from thepoorest children.’

The director of Poor Kids, Brian Woods, and representativesof a number of charities and community groups also made sub-missions to the committee.

Salvation Army captain Jonny Smith, speaking from hiseight-year experience of leading a church in Southwark, SouthLondon, said that he knew of families where if a child neededmoney for a school trip, the family would have to choosebetween funding the trip or going without electricity.

‘Such decisions,’ he said, ‘are subtle and fall off theGovernment’s radar. But they are a reality. Children from poorer

Kayleigh, watched by‘Poor Kids’ directorBrian Woods,addresses MPs

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Watson) know that by finding anddestroying the Horcruxes, they willbecome closer to defeating the evilVoldemort once and for all.

But the remaining objects areneither easy to find nor to destroy. Thetrio are not even entirely sure whatthey are looking for. To make mattersworse, now that Voldemort is inpossession of the all-powerful ElderWand – one of the Deathly Hallows –Harry’s chances of success are lookingbleak.

When Harry discovers that one of the Horcruxes lies in HogwartsSchool, he and his friends set out to find it. As the school is underattack from Voldemort’s DeathEaters, other wizards join forces with Harry as he strives to secure theHorcrux.

Anyone who demonstrates loyalty toHarry is well aware that they areputting their life in danger. Voldemortand his forces are not afraid to killanyone who stands in their way.

In the war between good and evilthere are casualties. Harry is

distraught when heloses some of his

dearest friends. ‘I never wanted

any of you todie for me,’he says.

Perhaps not, but his friends knewfull well that they were taking a risk bysiding with Harry and that fightingagainst Voldemort could be fatal. Evenwitches and wizards who are unknownto Harry end up immersed in the war.Each individual has to decide whoseside they’re on. Are they for Harry orfor Voldemort? For good or for evil?There is no middle ground.

In the non-fictional world, peopleface similar decisions.

In a world where good and badthings happen, Jesus challenges us todecide whose side we are on.

We can choose or refuse to followhim. If we choose to believe in Jesus, heforgives us our wrongdoing and givesus eternal life in Heaven. If we refuseto entrust our lives to Jesus then we’llface the consequences – eternitywithout him.

The choice, he says, is stark: ‘If youare not on my side, you are against me’(Matthew 12:30 Contemporary EnglishVersion).

Jesus purposely died in our place forour sin, whatever we’ve done. He tookthe punishment for our wrongdoing.He laid down his life so we could beput right with God.

Those who side with Jesus know aninner peace, whatever life throws atthem. They have a clear conscience.They experience God’s unconditionallove and presence.

For those who reject Jesus theoutlook is catastrophic. No peace. Nojoy. No hope. Hell.

It’s a life or death decision. Whatwill it be?

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Eachindividual has todecide whichside they are on

‘ISAW the BikerBible on the tableand thought it was

a motorbike repair manual,’says Alec Ford, who was ata bikers’ charity event inPaignton, Devon, last year.‘If I’d seen the words “Jesusis Lord” written on the topof the book, I’d have run amile.’

Alec didn’t realise that the bookhe’d picked up was a Bible. Neitherdid he notice that he was sitting by a stand belonging to the ChristianMotorcyclists’ Association (CMA).He took the Bible home with him.Three months later he began to read it.

‘Inside the book there were real-lifestories in which people explained howGod had changed them. I thought: “Ifthese people have done drink and drugs– just as I have – yet can find forgive-ness in God, maybe there’s something init for me.”’

Up until this point, Alec admits thathe had little time for God. As a child hegrew up in Cyprus, where he reluctantlyattended a Greek Orthodox church.Home life was also tough.

‘I didn’t have a good rela-tionship with my father sowhen I was 15, I left home tojoin the British Army. I joinedthe Christian Fellowshipgroup only because I waslonely. By the time I was 17 I was drinking heavily. At 18,I saw my best friend decapi-tated. Any shred of faith that I had was lost completely.

‘My life went off the rails.

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Biker ALEC FORDtells Claire Brine howa chance pickuphelped him on theroad to recovery

Alec’s lifechangedwhen he read the Bible

I had a nervousbreakdown. I was sointensivelydepressed that I couldn’t thinkrationally

I started to drink even more. I tookdrugs. When I left the army I worked inretail as an area manager for a multi-national company. I hired people, gotwhat I wanted from them, then firedthem. I didn’t care who I destroyed.

‘I was also unhappily married, so I cheated on my wife by having numerous affairs. I was an arrogant,aggressive, self-centred, manipulativeman. I loathed myself.’

Life got worse. After he and his wifedivorced, Alec met a new partner, butlater discovered that she wascheating on him. He felt hecould no longer cope.

‘In October 2006 Ihad a nervous

breakdown. I was so intensivelydepressed that I couldn’t think rationally.I didn’t see any point in living so I triedto kill myself several times.’

Alec confessed to doctors that hewanted to take his own life. He hadreached rock bottom – but he was readyto work at climbing his way back up.

‘I had a choice. I could choose to dieor I could choose to live – happily,’ he says. ‘So I decided to tackle mydepression. I joined an introductionsagency and met Teresa, who laterbecame my wife.

‘Teresa is a Christian and said that ifwe were to have a relationship, shewanted me to become a Christian aswell. I said I couldn’t make that promise.

‘For the next two years I challengedTeresa daily about her faith. I thought

there was no way I could believe insuch rubbish. But shecontinued to pray forme.

‘By this point Iwas working as alorry driver. One dayI came home fromwork, unable to walkproperly. I was devel-oping arthritis – fromhead to toe – and mycondition graduallygot worse. I had to

go to the hospital every few weeks and missed a lot of work. When therecession kicked in I was made redun-dant. I had to start using walking sticks.

‘Emotionally, I started to struggleagain. I was housebound. I felt my lifewas over.’

Alec and Teresa went on holiday toPaignton. While attending a motorbikeevent, Alec needed to sit down and resthis legs. The only seat he could find wasby the CMA stand. It was there that hepicked up the Biker Bible.

‘Back home, I started dipping in to it.Three months later I went to church. Thepreacher spoke about people who makemistakes in life and lose their way. I feltthat God was talking to me. But I wasfull of guilt. I couldn’t believe that Godwould ever love me after all the badthings I’d done.

‘A few days later Teresa and I went onholiday to Cyprus. But I couldn’t wait toget back to church.’

Alec became a Christian. Today he isa changed man and spends his timetelling people about the impact God has made on his life. He is also the vice-chairman of a CMA branch innortheast Derbyshire. His mission is toset up a CMA branch in Cyprus.

‘These days I’m a person who loveslife and people. I’m not selfish any more.God has done so much for me, so it isthe least I can do to tell the world howfantastic he is.’

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THE Guardian reported onsome of the concerts at theManchester InternationalFestival which included musicfrom various faiths.

US gospel singer CandiStaton and the choir of the NewTestament Church of Godjoined those of other faiths toperform in places of worshipacross the city for the SacredSites arm of the festival.

‘When people come tochurch it’s about praise, worshipand reverence,’ said Candi, whohad a hit in 1976 with ‘YoungHearts Run Free’.

‘When people come to a

concert, they come to party. I’vedone the sacred and the secular.But I am very excited aboutbeing part of this.’

‘A SOLDIER who says that prayer saved him as hefell to earth with a failed parachute is training to be avicar,’ reported The Sun.

According to the paper, Lance Corporal JamieKidd was falling at 100 mph and was 600 feet fromhitting the ground when his main and reserve para-chutes refused to open. After praying to God, Jamieheard a voice, saying: ‘I am with you. I am God.

Don’t worry.’ A second later Jamie’s parachute

worked and he landed on his feet.‘The first thing I did was thank

God,’ he said.Jamie has completed his first

year of religious training atSpurgeon’s College in SouthLondon. He hopes to become aBaptist minister in two years.

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WHEN the BBC aired the hard-hitting documentary Poor Kidslast month, viewers responded inrecord numbers to the station’sblog, expressing outrage that somany children in the UK live inpoverty.

In the broadcast teenager Kayleighadmitted to trying to take her own lifebecause of the pressures and burden of poverty. Last week in the House ofCommons, she faced the ministerresponsible for the Government’sresponse to child poverty. Again, in herown words, she described the realityand effect on the million-plus childrenwho live in poverty.

‘Growing up in a poor household is asecret you try to keep from everyone,’she said. ‘I thought that if people knew I was poor, they would look down on meor laugh at me.’

GrindingAddressing politicians at the same

meeting of the All-Party ParliamentaryGroup on Poverty was Poor Kidsdirector Brian Woods.

‘There is still grinding poverty outthere and we as a society need to help those kids,’ he told The War Cry.‘The response to the programme wasbrilliant. So many people said that theynever realised people were living likethis in Britain today and things have gotto change. It’s great that people want toengage with this issue.

‘In the 1960s the BBC drama CathyCome Home changed social policy onhomelessness in a profound way. I’dlove Poor Kids to have even a tenth ofthat impact.’

If families are going to be able to buytheir kids new clothes and keep themfed and warm, it will take more than a TV documentary. It will take politicalwill – from politicians and the public. Itwill take work – attainable jobs withinreasonable reach. It will take money –supporting people from benefits towages.

It is not enough to say that the poor are with us always. As Kayleighhas shown, too often ‘the poor’ aresomebody else’s children.

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LILY ALLEN foundcomfort from her localchurch – St James theGreat, Cranham –after losing herunborn baby, reportedThe Sun.

According to thepaper, the singer haspraised the villagevicar for supportingher after the tragedy.She said that hiskindness promptedher to marry in hischurch.

‘Our vicar said asimilar thing hadhappened to hisfamily, so he wouldcome over and sitwith me,’ she said.‘People wouldn’t havethought I’d have achurch wedding, butsince I had the reallytraumatic experiencelast year, our localcommunity all pitchedin. We received reallyheartfelt, beautifullywritten cards. It feelsreally nice.’

THE question ‘Is mental illness ever a gift?’is under discussion on Channel 4’s4thought.tv next week. On Wednesday (20July 7.55 pm) Alastair Hamilton – who is aChristian – speaks about the mental illnesshe has lived with for 20 years. He believesthat God wants him to help others who areexperiencing similar problems.

On Thursday (21 July 7.55 pm) the RevDavey Falcus describes his pastaddictions to alcohol and drugs and hissuicidal tendencies. He explains that therecovery from his mental illness was a gift from God.

� PRESENTER BrianD’Arcy explores the life of

Mother Julian of Norwich inSunday Half Hour on Radio 2tomorrow (17 July 8.30 pm).He analyses the writings ofthe medieval mystic and hercommitment to God. Hymnsinclude ‘The Day Thou GavestLord is Ended’.

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2. WhatsAppMessenger. Thisinstant messengerprogram enables a userto talk to other users foran unlimited amount oftime for free.

3. Transformers: Darkof the Moon. Inspiredby the movie of thesame name, a user canplay as the mightyOptimus Prime orBumblebee to stop theevil decepticons fromtaking over theUniverse.

4. Angry Birds. In thispopular game playersuse a slingshot to

launch the birds at pigsset within enclosures.The aim of the game isto destroy all the pigson the field.

5. The Sims 3. The thirdinstalment of thestrategic life-simulationgame enables a user to

take control of a Sim’slife by building up theirhome, career and sociallife.

6. Halftone-Juicy Bits.This app allows a userto add a halftone-styleprinting effect tophotos, giving them a

vintage look. There aremore than 27 differentstyles to choose from.The photos can beuploaded to Facebookor Twitter.

7. Fight NightChampion. In thissimulation boxing

game, users go head-to-head with many of theboxing greats such asMuhammad Ali andMike Tyson. Users canplay against friends viaBluetooth or Wi-Fi.

8. Angry BirdsSeasons. Angry Birds are back to soakup the summer sun andget their stolen eggsback from those peskypigs.

9. Fruit Ninja. Swipeyour finger across thescreen to slash andsplatter fruit withouthitting the bombswhich are explosive totouch.

10. FIFA 11. This gameallows a userto have thefootball worldin their hands.They can playalongside starssuch as Kakaand Rooney andgo head-to-headagainst friendsvia Bluetooth orWi-Fi.

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Click for car fuel consumptionAS the cost of motoringcontinues to rise, what canmotorists do to keep an eye ontheir fuel consumption? Ownersof Smart cars can now keeptrack of how much fuel they usethrough the Smart mpg iPhoneapplication from MartechSocial.

Stephen Uprichard of Martechsays: ‘Once a user hasregistered a car, they log eachfill-up into the app. Over timethis provides an effective

overview of their miles pergallon. The initial feedback wehave received about this apphas been very positive.’

Smart is not the onlymanufacturer to have an appspecifically designed for its cars.Volkswagen UK has one whichallows a user to choose a modeland engine of their choice andadd desired upholstery, colourand wheels. The app thencalculates the price of the user-designed model. The BMW

Connected appconveniently allows usersto operate their favouriteweb stations and checksocial networking siteswhen their device is plugged into the car’s USB port.

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APPLICATIONS (or apps) are pieces ofsoftware that can be downloaded to asmartphone. They come in the form of games,entertainment, lifestyle and practicalprograms. If you’re looking for ways to jazz upyour phone, here is a list of the Top 10 iPhoneapps. Many of them are also available onNokia, Android or BlackBerry.

1. Tower Defence. The aim of this strategy game isto stop enemies from crossing a map by buildingtowers which shoot at the enemies as they pass.

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How did God call you into theministry?

When I was ten, my teacher asked theclass what we wanted to do when wegrew up. I said I wanted to be ananaesthetist and a priest. She said I coulddo only one of those jobs. I insisted I wanted to do them both and I have.

I trained to do medicine at StThomas’ Hospital in London. I loved itso much. One day, when I was

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�Andrew tellsmore of his storyin Faith UnderFire, publishedby Monarch. Formore informationvisit frrme.org

God’s man facinghostilities in thecradle of humanity,Canon ANDREWWHITE, Vicar ofBaghdad, talks toNigel Bovey abouthis unusualministry

Andrew, how and when did you become a Christian?My father was Strict Baptist and my mother was

Pentecostal. So I grew up going to two churches everySunday. The only rebellion of my youth was to join theAnglican Church.

There has never been a time when I haven’t been aware ofJesus. My earliest memories are of praying to Jesus at night.I often say that I was never converted – I have always lovedJesus.

My faith gives me strength to persevere. I’ve never haddoubts about the Christian faith, not even when the bulletsare flying, bombs are exploding and my people are beingkilled. I know that people fail and do wrong things but Goddoesn’t fail; he doesn’t do wrong things.

running the cardiac arrest team, I wentout into the hospital garden opposite Big

Ben to say my evening prayers. I thanked God for everything I’d

achieved in my life so far. I’dqualified. I was doing what

I loved. I was enjoying my job. At the end of my prayer,

I asked: ‘What now, Lord?’It was the most dangerousthing I’ve ever said. I heard God speak to me

very clearly: ‘Youshould go into theChurch.’ I said: ‘No, I want to stay at thehospital for ever.’

Nobody goes intothe Church unlessthey have to, and I had to becauseGod told me to.

I read theology at

Cambridge University, and part of thecourse was spent studying in Jerusalem,which is where I got interested in theproblems of the Middle East. Afterordination, I did a curacy in Battersea and thenbecame a vicar in Clapham.

When I was 33, I wentto Coventry Cathedral –becoming the youngestcanon in the Church ofEngland – and becameDirector of the Centre forReconciliation.

During my time atCoventry, I metrepresentatives from

different groups and governments in theMiddle East.

Since working in Baghdad, you haveseen more suffering close up thanmost people will – or would want to –

see in their lifetime. Why does an all-loving, all-powerful God allowpeople to suffer?

Suffering is the work of humankind.It is not the work of God. Theimpassibility of God – the idea that noother being causes God pain – is veryimportant to me. Even Jesus – who isGod in human form – did not want tosuffer. On the night of his arrest, heprayed that if it were possible the cup ofsuffering would be taken from him.

I don’t think that God lets sufferinghappen. I see it as a symptom of beingin a fallen, sinful world and that Godsurrounds people with love and helpamid their suffering.

When I pray with people I pray infaith for whatever I can. So, forinstance, when a friend was dying ofbreast cancer, we got together in the

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Andrew, with armed escort, welcomes children to church

When I’m in England, I’m franticallygoing round trying to raise money, mostof which comes from churches. Thereare very few big donations.

About 90 per cent of oursupport comes from the UK.Ten per cent comes from theUnited States. When GeorgeW. Bush was president, thePentagon used to fund myreconciliation work. It doesn’tnow.

You head the only AnglicanChurch in Iraq. What otherChristian communities arethere?

The main denominationsare Ashuri, Chaldean, SyrianOrthodox and Syrian Catholic.Our people come fromdifferent denominations.

What are daily living conditions likein Baghdad?

Iraq is the world’s second largestproducer of oil yet we have only twohours of electricity a day. Tap water ispolluted and makes people ill. Beforethe war, petrol cost 1⁄2 pence a gallon.Today it costs about £1.20.

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Palm Sunday celebrations at St George’s Church, Baghdad

church and prayed that she would bewithout pain. The fact thatshe died without pain was a sign that God was with her andthat he answered prayer.

How much time do you spend in Baghdad throughout theyear?

I spend about a quarter of the year outside Iraq. The usualpattern is to come home to the UK for a week every twomonths. When I’m here, I’m longing to be back in Baghdad.And when I’m there, I’m longing to be with my wife andchildren in England.

That sounds like an unusual family life. How easy is it foryou, your wife and your two sons?

I consider them to be part of God’s calling on my life inBaghdad. When they are ill or need helpit is difficult. Of course, I want to bewith them at such times. The fact is Icouldn’t do the work I’m doing withouta very supportive team of co-workers inBaghdad and here in England. And partof their support for me is to support mywife and children while I’m away.

Why, though, are you investing timeand presence in other people’schildren on the other side of theworld, and not spending time withyour own children?

My boys have never known anydifferent. There was a time when if I’dbeen home for more than five days they’dask: ‘Daddy, going back to work yet?’When I told them I had work to do here,they’d say: ‘No, you don’t.’

When I’m in Iraq, I speak to them asoften as I can and do what I can to helpthem. They are well provided for.

Who, though, provides the moneyyou need to run a church, a clinic, aschool and a weekly feedingprogramme?

At £400 a year, I used to have thecheapest church in the world to run.Now I have to find £64,000 a month.

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Food is available, but people can’tafford it. People can move around inIraq but can’t travel to other countries.

The roads are terrible. They are justinstalling sewers in Baghdad. So whatroads there are have been dug up. Thereare no pavements. I’ve never seen adustcart. People bury their rubbish orthrow it in the river.

People throw all sorts of stuff in theriver. I used to go down to the Tigrisevery morning to pray but when Istarted seeing bodies bobbing up anddown it became a bit difficult.

Part of your work in Baghdad hasbeen to try to negotiate the release ofhostages. Is there any sense in whichyou are a hostage to the people ofBaghdad?

No. I have complete freedom to go or

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stay. I want to be with them because Ilove them and they love me. They arethe best people ever.

Your church has been bombed. Yourpeople are being killed. You have aprice on your head and can’t movewithout a security team surroundingyou. How long are you going to stayin Baghdad?

I have no intention of leaving. I’ll bethere for as long as God wants me to bethere. I now have an Iraqi Anglicanpriest to help me. What’s important forme is being where God wants me to be.

I’ll be there as longas God wants me to bethere

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QUICK QUIZ1. Which American state is known as the Beehive State?

2. In which musical would you hear the song ‘Tonight’?

3. Ornithology is the scientific study of what?

4. In Morse code, which letter is represented by one dot?

5. Which is the largest island in the world?

6. In which Shakespeare play does an English king fightat Agincourt?

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cheekDR Martin Luther King Jnr, the great American civilrights leader, once believed that ‘the ethics of Jesuswere only effective in individual relationships’. Helooked at racial groups and nations in conflict andcame to the conclusion that the philosophies of ‘turnthe other cheek’ and ‘love your enemies’ would notwork in situations involving more than a couple ofpeople.

King, though, changed his mind when he readabout Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy. A firm believerin non-violent protest, Gandhi was a political andideological leader in India during the move towardsIndian independence.

King wrote: ‘Love, for Gandhi, was a potentinstrument for social and collective transformation. It was in this Gandhian emphasis on love and non-violence that I discovered themethod for social reform that I hadbeen seeking.’

King also made the point that anon-violent protest may not changethe minds and hearts of oppressorsovernight. He said: ‘It first doessomething to the hearts and souls ofthose committed to it. It gives themnew self-respect; it calls up resourcesof strength and courage that they didnot know they had.’

In the New Testament, Jesus said:‘But I tell you, do not resist an evilperson. If anyone slaps you on theright cheek, turn to them the othercheek also’ (Matthew 5:39 NewInternational Version).

This was spoken during the timewhen Rome occupied Palestine andRoman soldiers were a commonsight. Harsh treatment at the hands ofthe occupier, said Jesus, was not tobe met withretaliation. Knowinghow violence leads tomore violence, Jesustaught restraint –‘turning the othercheek’.

Today the expression still means torefuse to get our own back aftersomeone has wronged us. It isdifficult to do. We want to stick up for

ourselves. But,as Gandhi andKing found,non-retaliationhas the powerto floor allopponents.

‘But I say unto you,That ye resist not evil:but whosoever shallsmite thee on thy rightcheek, turn to him theother also’

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met with retaliation

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Summer sportsare hotting up

SUMMER is proving to be a busy season forsport fans. Wimbledon may be over foranother year, and the British Grand Prixdone and dusted, but golf’s OpenChampionship is in full swing, England faceIndia in the Tests and the Rugby World Cupkicks off in the autumn.

It is always interesting to watch sportingevents and find out who will reach the finalstages of the competition. Will the team

expected to win take theprize? Or will the underdogscrape a victory?

Sometimes there aresurprises on the sports field.An unknown sportsmanoccasionally makes good. Butwinners mostly tend toemerge from the more eliteathletes. They are showeredwith praise and accolades.

And what do we think ofthose who come in in second,third or even last place? Just

because they haven’t taken theNo 1 spot, it doesn’t mean thattheir achievements aremeaningless. Is a person’s worthdetermined only by how oftenthey win?

Jesus didn’t think so. He hadan affinity with people the rest ofsociety regarded as second rate.Although he loved everybody, hespent much of his time withpeople who were made to feelthey weren’t as good aseveryone else.

Jesus’ words proved that hewas not just for the winners ofthe world when he said: ‘The Sonof Man came to look for and tosave people who are lost’ (Luke19:10 Contemporary EnglishVersion).

However we feel aboutourselves or however successfulwe are in life (or not), Jesus seesour true value. When we ask hisforgiveness, he will put ourrecord straight. With his help wecan set our life on the right track.

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Ingredients:

350g salmon fillet, skinned7 large British Lion eggs675g mashed potato2tbsp fresh tarragon,

chopped4tbsp plain flour100g breadcrumbs4tbsp vegetable oil50g butter, meltedGrated zest and juice of 1

small lemonSalt and freshly ground black

pepper

Method:Place the salmon in a frying pan,

add enough water to just cover and bring to the boil.Cover the fish and simmer for5–6 minutes. Transfer to a plateand flake the flesh with a fork.

Place 4 eggs in a pan, then coverwith cold water and bring tothe boil. Simmer for 7 minutes.Drain the eggs, then rinse incold water and tap the shells.Peel the eggs and choproughly.

Mix together the mashedpotato, tarragon, salmonand boiled eggs. Add someseasoning and a beatenegg and mix again. Divide

the mixture into eight andshape into fishcakes.

Beat another egg in a shallowdish. Coat the fishcakes in theflour, then dip them into theegg, followed by thebreadcrumbs. Turn thefishcakes until each side is well coated. Chill until required.

Heat the oil in a large frying pan,add the fishcakes and cookover a medium heat for 8–10 minutes, turning onceuntil golden on both sides.Keep warm.

To make the sauce, place theremaining egg, butter, lemonzest and juice and someseasoning in a heatproof bowl.Place the bowl over a pan ofsimmering water. Use anelectric whisk to whisk for 2–3 minutes or until the sauceturns thick. Serve the fishcakeshot with the sauce.

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Salmon fishcakeswith lemon sauce

Cherry calfoutis

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Ingredients:

Oil, for greasing100ml milk150ml whipping cream1⁄2 tsp vanilla essence4 large British Lion eggs100g caster sugar25g plain flour400g can pitted black cherries, drained

Method:Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas Mark 6. Lightly oil an

ovenproof dish which measures 23cm in diameter.Put the milk, cream and vanilla into a pan and heat until

almost boiling. In a large bowl, beat the eggs and sugaruntil creamy, then add the flour and beat until smooth.Add the hot milk to the egg mixture and stir well. Themixture should be left to stand for up to 1 hour.

Scatter the cherries over the base of the dish. Stir thebatter, then pour over the top. Bake for 30–35 minutesor until the dessert is risen and puffy. Dust with icingsugar and serve warm or cold with whipped cream.

Serves 6

Recipes reprinted, with kind permission, from the British Egg Information Service website eggrecipes.co.uk

at somepoint in their

careers. But throughhard work, dedication and

determination they made it tothe top. They didn’t let defeat getto them. They didn’t let it separatethem from their goal.

Away from sport, many of us facedefeat, and sadly many people let itkeep them from going after theirgoals. But we can still be hopeful.

Bible writerPaul puts itlike this: ‘Iam convincedthat neitherdeath nor life,neither angelsnor demons,neither thepresent nor

the future, nor any powers, neitherheight nor depth, nor anything else inall creation, will be able to separateus from the love of God that is in

Christ Jesus our Lord’(Romans 8:38, 39, NewInternational Version).

Win or lose, nothing willever stop God from lovingus.

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In many sports, golf included, pastperformance is no guarantee offuture success. A fluffed shot, anattack of nerves when putting (‘theyips’) or a moment’s lapse of con-centration can mean dropped shotsand disaster.

Equally, some of the namesengraved on the trophy are of menwho went into the tournament with arecent record that was decidedlyrough.

Last year’s winner – LouisOosthuizen – for example, wasranked 54th in the world before hewalked onto the first tee at StAndrews. Days later, he walked offthe course with the second lowesttotal in the home of golf’s historyand the title of Open champion.

Like Oosthuizen, some of thegreatest sports champions struggled

Who willrise to an Openchallenge?

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WATCH the birdies! Tomorrow (Sunday17 July) this year’s winner will lift thecoveted Claret Jug and be hailed as‘the champion golfer of the year’. Sincethe first match teed-off early onThursday morning, golf-lovers havelined the fairways and greens of RoyalSt George’s in their thousands. Many ofthem will have been keeping their eyeson the hot-hitting British contingent ofRory McIlroy, Lee Westwood and LukeDonald.

At the beginning of July, Donald was worldnumber one in the PGA rankings, closely followedby Westwood. Pre-championship favouriteMcIlroy, meanwhile, had not played competitively

They didn’t let defeat get to them

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