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| Do
Something Good Wednesday |
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| 1 year on
from the launch of the ALOVE vision,
ALOVE interviews Carl Jobson to find
out a bit about how the social action
essential has been implemented in his
area; all by spreading the love on a
Wednesday … |
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| Trisha
or Bust? |
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| Trisha’,
is a daytime show featuring guests with
various difficulties and it seems that
a monster of an industry has grown up
around people’s troubles, including
depression. ALOVE Big Issues takes a
look at this “problem” industry. |
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| Happy-Clappy
No More |
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| Joy and
despair, happiness and depression; ALOVE
takes a look at how we can be real about
life’s ups and downs but still
keep hold of God’s promises. |
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| Depression |
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| Very few
of us really understand conditions such
as Clinical Depression. To try and learn
more, we interview Simon Scott, who
has also been diagnosed with Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome. |
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| How
to be happy |
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| We all experience
joy and depression. This month we find
out how to find the former and lose
the latter, and in turn, find lasting
peace and joy in a current world who's
mindset is designed to give a quick
buzz but ongoing hunger. |
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| Reconciliation
and Redemption |
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| ALOVE’s
Big Issues expert, Julian Saunders,
unravels our monthly theme- asking what
does God really have to say about new
years, new starts and new things. |
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| Beneath
the wrapping |
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| Alove reviews
one writer’s assertion that Christmas
is not quite so fluffy and safe as your
average Christmas card would have you
believe. |
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| Home
for Christmas? |
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| This week,
ALOVE interviews Jonny Smith, who along
with his wife Catherine, are involved
in outreach to homeless people in the
Elephant and Castle area of London.
Jonny helps us try to understand what
it is like for people to be homeless
at Christmas and how we can do our part
to help. |
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| Human
Traffik |
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| For information
on Human Trafficking issues and details
of the 'Human Traffik' event at next
years' Youth Rally click the link above. |
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| 5
gold rings – thinking through
debt at Christmas |
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| Christmas
time is one of the most financially
stressful times of years for everyone.
ALOVE spoke to Richard Hunter, a financial
and investment advisor, to find out
how young people can be aware of some
of the financial traps around, and help
their family be careful though a dangerous
time. |
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| A
question of beauty |
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a look at image and acceptance
Are we trying to prove to the world
we’re perfect through our image?
Carrie Cummings takes look into the
question of image, beauty and acceptance
and argues the most beautiful and desirable
thing we can offer God is our vulnerability
and raw honesty. |
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| Star
Struck |
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Carrie
Grant chats to ALOVE about image.
ALOVE grabs ten minutes with Fame Academy’s
top vocal coach to the stars, Carrie
Grant, to find out how, in a world where
image is everything, she gets some of
the right perspective. |
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| Held
in Esteem: The battle for your image |
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| ALOVE takes
a look at self-esteem and self-image,
two of the most powerful influences
on your life. We start by looking at
some of the lies, some of the truths
and offer some tips on how to wage war
against the voices that scream you’re
worthless. |
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| Free
trade or Fair trade? |
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| This week
one of our ALOVE peer writers, Carl
Baker, an economics graduate, takes
an in-depth look at how our everyday
choices may be enslaving others and
poses the question: Free trade or Fair
trade? |
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| Fair
Trade and the Nepal Leprosy Trust |
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| Ruth Hunter
is the General Manager for The Nepal
Leprosy Trust and goes to Raynes Park
Salvation Army. Here she shares with
ALOVE how she is involved in Fair Trade
and why it’s so important. |
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| Top
Ten ways to trade fairly and justly |
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| This month
we're looking at trade justice. It's
an issue that has garnered a ton of
media attention over the last year or
so. Trade justice is our response in
taking steps to make sure we consume
in a way that does not damage God's
world. |
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| Working
in Legal Aid - Part 2 |
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| Part 2 of
our interview with Jo Underwood, a housing
solicitor in legal aid law. This week,
we ask her why social action is important. |
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| Working
in Legal Aid - Part 1 |
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| ALOVE snatched
a few minutes with Jo Underwood, a housing
solicitor in legal aid law, to hear
about her heart for Social Action in
ALOVE. |
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| Life
is Not Fair ... So What Now? |
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| Not every
problem has a solution; Life is not
fair and in regards to evil in the world,
the question is not ‘why’
but ‘what now’. ALOVE starts
to scratch the surface on what it means
to confront injustice in our world. |
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