At Northern Beaches Men’s Conference on Tuesday night we heard from Jeff Ryan of MISFIT Aid. Super encouraging. Jeff’s short talk complemented my Isaiah 58 talk from the night in giving men a tangible way to be on about justice in our world. Misfit Aid are based on the beaches and doing some really good things. Check out this vid:

Check out their website. Here’s a blurb:

“Misfit Aid is a not-for-profit organisation that exists to design, implement and resource aid and development projects in communities around the world. Working primarily in the areas of disaster relief and community empowerment, we establish partnerships with socially conscious charities and organisations that assist communities affected by poverty, disaster or a humanitarian crisis.”

Some talented friends have just had a kids book released with Youthworks. Fiz the Flying Fox is authored by Skye Parry-Jones and illustrated by Nicole Maloney.

Here’s a blurb:

Fiz is a young flying fox who loves adventure! One day, flying fast through the treetops of the rainforest, Fiz finds himself far from home, scared and alone. But is he truly alone? Through this delightful story, we learn that while we sometimes wander far from God, our loving heavenly Father is always watching over us.

Enjoy the first 13 pages (and buy copies) on the product page.

In the last 24 hours the Invisible Children KONY 2012 campaign has gone gangbusters. Social media unleashed. Lots of hits. Lots of awareness raised. Very easy to be caught up with helping to spread this cause. It’s encouraging to see young people long for justice.

I’ve read a number of concerns that have been raised about the campaign.

Matt Anslow, who works for TEAR, has a comprehensive post with some of his concerns. I haven’t checked them, but the bottom of his post has links to a stack of other articles.

Graham Stanton – who alerted me to Matt’s article – has posted a few helpful reflections this evening. Check them on his tumblr page.

What do you think?