By: Autumn Ayers This year, we are celebrating A Rocha’s 40th birthday! In 1983, Miranda and Peter Harris and their four children moved to southern Portugal to establish Cruzinha: the very first A Rocha field center near the Alvor marshes. The region was on a major migratory route for …
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A Place at the Table
by Hannah Gillespie Available in the United States now, “A Place at the Table: Faith, Hope and Hospitality” is a profound reflection on hospitality and the transformative power of community. This book, written by A Rocha’s late co-founder Miranda Harris and her daughter, A Rocha International …
A Rocha’s Five Core Commitments as Lived by John Stott – 5: Cooperation
By Miranda Harris, co-founder of A Rocha I have a small, determined grandson. He can insert an astonishing number of vowels into the word NO. Whether in two-year olds or adults, strong differences of opinion may need to pass through several stages before a degree of cooperation is reached − …
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A Rocha’s Five Core Commitments as Lived by John Stott − 4: Community
By Miranda Harris, co-founder of A Rocha Community is a complicated word. Like one of those huge lorries that thunders past on the motorway, it isn’t always obvious what’s in it. It’s an emotive term which may awaken longing, panic, or just mild curiosity. As one of A Rocha’s core commitments, we …
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A Rocha’s Five Core Commitments as Lived by John Stott – 2: Conservation
By Miranda Harris, co-founder of A Rocha I have a favourite photo of John Stott. He is crouching over a clump of wild crocuses on a stony Turkish hillside, the heavy lens of his camera perfectly steady in his outstretched hands despite the awkward angle of his body. Photographing photographers is …
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A Rocha’s 5 Core Commitments as Lived by John Stott — 1: Christian
By Miranda Harris, co-founder of A Rocha If you said to someone who had hung out in Christian circles anywhere in the world, "I once knew an English gentleman with a brilliant mind, a passion for The Bible and phenomenal energy, even in old age; someone who lived incredibly simply and gave away …
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