This first blog of 2025 introduces us to a new theme for the year: ‘From micro to macro,’ where we will be delving into, celebrating and sharing together the diverse and complex […]
Have you ever prayed for animals or anything else in nature? I hadn’t until recently. At our church, a small neighbourhood congregation in the city of Utrecht, every Wednesday we […]
Although some of the local churches in Uganda feel like they are already practicing creation care given the country’s agricultural background, it is uncoordinated, not informed and frequently seen as […]
‘Unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labour in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.’ Psalm 127:1 I would probably describe […]
2023 is A Rocha’s 40th year. It is also a year of change. As a trustee of A Rocha International, I was on the panel interviewing and selecting a new […]
This is the final installment of our blog posts from around the A Rocha family exploring how someone first found a home with A Rocha, their memories of hospitality here, […]
This is the third in a new series of blog posts from around the A Rocha family exploring how someone first found a home with A Rocha, their memories of […]
It’s not a word I used much previously, but ‘harrowing’ sums up the experience of the last weeks and months. To my mind it has connotations of deep emotional scarring and agonizing pain; perhaps because a harrow is a farming implement with metal blades, dragged across a field to break up and smooth out the soil.
On Monday 28th October Peter and Miranda Harris, co-founders of A Rocha, and Chris Naylor, A Rocha International CEO, together with his wife Susanna, were involved in an horrific car accident in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
