You are here: Home / Archives for My Story

My new book

February 18, 2016 by Leave a Comment

sunset book front coverCompassion and Justice

I feel passionate about compassion particularly for the billions who are living in desperate poverty around the world. Extreme poverty can be eliminated if people like you and I say ‘enough is enough’!

But compassion alone is not enough. So many people are exploited by the powerful and the elite and this demands justice for the oppressed. It is not a case of compassionate acts or fighting for justice. It is a matter of compassion AND justice.

I have just published the book “Compassion and Justice” in paperback and in Kindle format. It contains 50 or so of my blog articles about Compassion, Vision, Giving and Justice.

I am not selling this book to top-up my income but to provide funds to expand the campaign of awareness I am involved with. Please support me in my efforts to spread the good news of compassion and in my fight for justice on behalf of the voiceless.

To Order direct from me:

  • Collection from me: £8.00
  • By Post (U.K. only): £8.00 + £2 post and packing.
    Buy Now Button

To Order direct from Amazon

There may be a delivery charge for the paperback version

  •                                 Paperback          Kindle
  • USA                                $11.99             $5.68
  • United Kingdom           £7.99             £3.99
  • India                           INR 878        INR 299
  • Rest of World               $11.99             $5.68

On a kindle device, search for “George Dowdell”

Filed Under: Compassion, Giving, Justice, My Story, Vision Tagged With: , , ,

Smashing cycles of poverty in Jaffna

February 10, 2015 by 1 Comment

IMG_4042Can we smash the cycle of poverty and prevent one generation trapped in poverty producing another poor generation? Returning from our visit to Jaffna recently we were overwhelmed by stories which emphasised the importance of education and the potential to radically change lives. In this article I present some anecdotal evidence that sponsoring really works. Ensuring that boys and girls receive a good education really changes the lives of young men and women.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Child Sponsorship, My Story, Poverty Tagged With: , , , ,

Sri Lanka 27 years on

January 27, 2015 by 2 Comments
Colombo

The modern city of Colombo

I first visited Sri Lanka early in 1988, but have just returned from what must be about my 30th visit. The roots of the poverty relief charity, Kingscare/Karuna Action developed here, and the country has been central to it’s work and vision.

I remember well my first visit. I came with a burden and a dream along with a certain amount of idealism. I knew that God had called me to take some action to relieve poverty which I knew held so many in it’s grip of slavery. I had read every book I could find, both Christian and secular, on the subject of poverty and world problems. I was anxious to find ways that the Church of Jesus Christ could be a blessing to the whole world.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Conflict, My Story, Poverty, Vision Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Confessions of a control freak

January 14, 2015 by 3 Comments

2015/01/img_4042.jpgThere is no getting away from the fact that I always want to be in control. But sometimes the Lord puts us in situations where I am not in control at all. Instead of being in a boat heading purposely out to sea I feel like a piece of drift wood at the mercy of the waves upon the beach.
[Read more…]

Filed Under: Faith, My Story Tagged With: , ,

Return to Jaffna

January 12, 2015 by Leave a Comment

2015/01/img_3865.jpgWell here we are in Jaffna. We have met so many people that our heads are spinning. We have had lots of rice and curry and are on our second bottle of industrial sized mineral water. Things have certainly changed. Out of a group of 10 people 6 may be on their iPhones at any one time. Photographs are taken by the score for posterity (?). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Child Sponsorship, Compassion, My Story

How can I keep from singing?

November 4, 2014 by 3 Comments

SingersWhat is an article about singing doing on a blog dedicated to compassion and justice? I am very aware of the problems in the world created by poverty and injustice. But hey! Life isn’t all doom and gloom. Yes, I feel passionate about justice, but singing is a part of me. Singing helps keep me sane in a mad world.

The ills we see in the world around us are caused by the free wills that God has given to us humans. But he has given us so much more to enjoy. Beauty, colour and music are three gifts which, although we could function without them, add so much richness to our lives. [Read more…]

Filed Under: My Story Tagged With: , , , , , ,

Dream again, Believe again

October 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment

Vision refreshedYesterday we sang a song, and 4 words seemed to stand out from the rest. “Dream again, Believe again”. Ten years ago, I wrote about “My Dream” and recently included it in my blog. But I am aware that I need to keep dreaming. Yesterdays’s dream is not adequate for today. As we sang that song, I felt that God was saying to me that it was time to dream again.
[Read more…]

Filed Under: Kingdom of God, My Story, Vision Tagged With: , , , , ,
Next Page»
%d bloggers like this: