Tuning in…
Tuning in…
Castaway
1 appearance
CEO of Christian Aid, a humanitarian charity that unites 41 churches and supports projects in nearly 40 countries.
On the island
Eight records
we used to sing it in the chamber choir ... each time I went home, there was that grounding in the Word of God and in Catholicism.
I see the good, the bad ... it's still my hometown and I love it.
Master KG featuring Nomcebo Zikode
It speaks of a hope in God ... every time I listen to it I want to get up and dance.
Tasha Cobbs Leonard featuring Jimmy Cravity
really speaks to that period of my life when I believe I was gracefully broken ... because I believe that God knows who I am.
part of the solution starts with each one of us ... we need to free ourselves and give ourselves the permission to be the very best of who we are.
I just believe. I believe that there are greater things for me to accomplish. I believe that I'm a work in progress. I believe that God keeps on molding me and shaping me. I believe that I can make a difference.
It Is Well With My SoulFavourite
it doesn't matter what you throw at me ... it is well. Whatever lot is thrown my way, knowing that God is with me is enough for me.
In conversation
Presenter asks
2:30What have been some of the toughest moments for you in your work?
Right at the beginning of my tenure at Christian Aid, I visited Cox's Bazaar where the Rohingya are. ... I met a woman ... she told me that she sleeps across the door ... because every night she is worried that her children, her daughters will be sexually molested or violated. And so she slept across the door so that whoever tried to come in, they would have to kill her first. ... How dare do I lose hope when women and girls in these situations are not losing hope? And I think that is what really gets me going.
Presenter asks
8:04There's a story your grandfather told your mother. What was that about?
When it rains ... they were walking back ... each time one of the little branches ... broke, my mother would jump ... And my grandfather said to her, don't be scared. The trees are having a conversation about you. They're asking each other, who is that? ... my grandfather said to me when I was coming over here that remember wherever you go, no matter what, the trees know who you are. When you take off your shoes and you walk barefoot, the earth knows who you are. So always remember that.
Presenter asks
11:42How easily did you find your place in your blended family?
It always felt a bit like we were inside, outside, a bit. ... We were the children that came with our mother to the marriage. ... it was sometimes it was hard, but ... When there are many of you in the home, you have to if you want to watch your favorite cartoons, you have to negotiate with others. ... you know, you want to negotiate, to watch your favorite cartoon, what time, what do you give up? ... I was introvert and so sometimes I would sit there and just observe what was happening around me.
The keepsakes
The book
Spencer Johnson
It's a motivational book. It's about change and it's about not closing your eyes to what is happening around you. If I tell you more, then you won't read the book.
Presenter asks
13:47What impact did living in the epicentre of Christianity have on your faith?
We were not always keen to go to church. ... It felt like a chore ... we used to take it in turns to say, I'm not feeling well. So who's going to pull a sickie? ... But I was baptized as a in the Catholic Church. I received my Holy Communion, my confirmation. So that's how significant it was for us.
Presenter asks
20:42What exactly were you facing when trying to get a job in the UK?
my qualifications, my work experience didn't mean anything. I remember a woman from a job agency that said ... even if you could just have some work experience, even if it's just cleaning experience ... Will be better. We can put that on your record: that you've worked here as a cleaner, and we can take that and we can try and get you a job. ... I was very broken. But I think God is the one that allowed me to be broken. And that's why I describe it as gracefully broken. ... He wanted to remove any sense of entitlement from me, any sense of arrogance, and that's where I took my strength. I had nothing and nobody to rely on but God.
Presenter asks
31:04What would you like people who ask 'where are you really from?' to take away from the book?
an awareness that difference is not a threat. Because it's not the first question, where are you from? ... It's the second question and it's the butt that I wanted to flag up. ... take my response for what it is. If I'm speaking to you and you sound Welsh, I'm not going to say, Yeah, but where are you really from? ... if you say I'm Welsh, then you're Welsh. And so, for anybody that reads it, whether you are the one who asks or whether you're the one who is being asked, my message is simply this: We are all human beings with different stories to tell. We are not one thing and one thing only. And that's the beauty of humanity and humankind. And just take us as we are, judge us by something else, but not by where I'm from or by the color of my skin.
“How dare do I lose hope when women and girls in these situations are not losing hope?”
“the trees are having a conversation about you ... When you take off your shoes and you walk barefoot, the earth knows who you are.”
“I was very broken. But I think God is the one that allowed me to be broken. And that's why I describe it as gracefully broken.”
“What is the alternative? I've got a seat at the table. I owe it to not just people of color, I owe it to all of us as a society to use that platform and that space to call out any injustice.”