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Steve Chalke
@SteveChalke
Founder Oasis; schools, housing, justice, youth & family work, churches & more. Former UN Special Advisor, Canon @ Southwark Cathedral. Palace fan & patron!
London, England
oasisuk.org
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    Steve Chalke
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    Oct 5, 2022
    It wasn’t the rich who saved us from Covid-19. It was the low paid key workers who government asked us to clap for. Now it’s those very same people - who can’t afford to pay for their heating or weekly food bill - that the same government is prepared to throw under the bus!
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    Steve Chalke
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    Feb 2, 2023
    Why does British Gas - who’s profits are up by 700% - go to the courts for warrants to break into the homes of the poorest (in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis) & then force-fit prepayment meters, which leave their customers cold & unable to cook? What drives that behaviour?
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    Steve Chalke
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    Jun 11, 2022
    250 yrs ago we transported people to Australia because they were vulnerable enough to steal bread. Today we’ve decided to deport others to Rwanda because they are vulnerable enough to seek safety. How we choose to respond to the need of others IS the mark & judge of our humanity!
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    Steve Chalke
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    Oct 21, 2022
    To cheer you up. When church artwork goes wrong!
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    Steve Chalke
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    Feb 18, 2023
    To cheer you up! This wonderful piece of church artwork is supposed to say ‘arise’!
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    Steve Chalke
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    Oct 26, 2022
    “The great tragedy is the lack of vocational education in schools. Not everybody is designed for the academic. I feel this has been forgotten for a long time.” King Charles III Speaking on BBC’s ‘The Repair Shop’
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    Steve Chalke
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    Jan 4, 2023
    As the PM declares all pupils in England should study maths till they’re 18 to better equip them for the workplace, my view is we need a shake up eduction but not this. What we need is a wider, more creative curriculum; more art, music, the chance to work together & make stuff!
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    Steve Chalke
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    Apr 18, 2022
    I’m a church leader, and a former UN Special Advisor on Human Trafficking. As such, not only do I endorse @Justinwelby’s comment that the govt plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda doesn’t stand “the judgment of God” but, would add, it doesn’t meet the judgement of the UN either!
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    Steve Chalke
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    Oct 29, 2022
    I believe this is so important, I’m tweeting it again: “The great tragedy is the lack of vocational education in schools. Not everybody is designed for the academic. I feel this has been forgotten for a long time.” King Charles III Speaking on BBC’s ‘The Repair Shop’
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    Steve Chalke
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    Oct 4, 2022
    The true measure of the prosperity of any nation is not the wealth of its millionaires, but the absence of poverty, the prevalence of health, the inclusion of its education system, the care it offers to its most vulnerable members, & the equality of opportunity it extends to all.
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    Steve Chalke
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    Dec 21, 2022
    It wasn’t the rich who saved us from Covid. It was the low paid NHS workers that the govt first asked us to clap for, and then gave the George Cross to for their sacrificial service! But now it’s those very key workers the same govt has turned their backs on and left to sink!
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    Steve Chalke
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    Sep 3, 2022
    12 yr old thug arrested for drug running’. Why does the headline read that way? Why doesn’t it read ‘12 yr old boy rescued from drug gang’? Why does our language so often promote condemnation rather than compassion?
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    Steve Chalke
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    Dec 20, 2022
    Once upon a time, Slavery was legal Apartheid was legal The death penalty was legal Imprisoning gay men was legal Beating a child was legal. Yesterday, a high court judge said sending vulnerable asylum seekers to Rwanda is legal. Never assume that legal equals moral or ethical.
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    Steve Chalke
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    Dec 3, 2022
    “I took a child home today who was unwell. They’d not eaten for 2 days. I went into the home, there were 7 of them living in a 2 bedroom house, all of them unwell & hungry. I bought food for them..But we have so many families in this situation.” A recent email from a colleague