E:thos Photographic is a Christian owned photography company and as such our 'ethos' and values are based on biblical principles. Whilst we are not a 'religious' blog in that the main content of this blog is not about religious views or practices; we believe that through our photography, reflections / writings and all we do we represent Christ in our conduct and subject matter being in line with what we fundamentally believe. We are also of the opinion that a blog that is Christian owned and inspired should make a contribution to the Christian online media effort. With this in mind we have recently put forward our blog, Passion in the Moments to join the Higher Calling Network which is essentially a group of chirsitan bloggers sharing their faith in various ways as we do through photography here.
Our vision is that we will be able to show our readers a different side to Christianity which is about relationship and engaging people with like interests, ours being photography, and that through those interests we are able to share our faith, show love to other people, help the needy, downcast and broken hearted and be a light to those who are still trying to find their way. As such all that you see on our blog is inspired through our faith and we do not recognise a distinction between who we are and what we believe. We present imagery and text purely from a personal perspective and experience of life and faith and as such hope to present a realistic picture of what an ordinary Christian looks like, thinks, feels, struggles with experiences and how we deal with those issues. As well as the wealth of other things we get involved in and appreciate.
So we welcome our new Higher Calling Network readers / viewers and hope you enjoy the journey we have already begun through imagery and beyond...
As is fitting for the theme of this post, I found this video (below) and I was convinced! Its an interesting perspective on the challenges that Christians face today, please take a few minutes to watch it.
My Contribution to this week's photo challenge is a picture I took in Marylebone, London whilst travelling across the city on a bus from Paddington Station. I was fascinated with the buzz and constant movement and activity that London provided. I decided on this series of images in order to capture the ordinary things about life in London that do not often make it to magazines. So this is how I saw London's streets from a red double decker London bus.
adj 1: marked by humanistic values and devotion to human welfare;
"a humane physician"; "released the prisoner for
humanitarian reasons"; "respect and humanistic regard
for all members of our species" [syn: human-centered,
humanist, humanistic]
2: of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism;
"humanitarian aid"
n : someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to
social reforms [syn: do-gooder, improver]
"In the past decade, more than 700 humanitarian workers have perished while providing life-saving assistance to millions around the world."
Courtesy of the UN website
In an effort to raise public awareness of humanitarian assistance, the General Assembly designated 19 August as World Humanitarian Day. This inaugural year honours those who have lost their lives in humanitarian service and those who continue to bring assistance and relief to millions. [UN Source.]
Today is World Humanitarian Day (19th August) and to mark this occasion I have focused on an issue which is one of the worst that humanitarians all around the world are having to deal with on a daily basis and that is the issue of Violence against women and girls (see article here).
World Humanitarian Day is a day that celebrates and recognises the work of humanitarian workers everywhere. Humanitarian workers come in all nationalities, ethnicities, genders, ages, shapes, sizes and professions: They are the on-the-ground aid workers and peacekeepers
They are the advocacy and campaigning groups. They are the medical professionals of every level. They are the researchers, scientists, teachers and mentors. They are the priests, monks, nuns working amongst the people in the field. They are the volunteers, professionals and vocationals. They are white-collar, blue-collar, no collar. They work to broker peace, eradicate disease, purge hunger and end violence against women (sometimes, at the cost of their own lives)
The work that humanitarians do is so important because there are millions of people in the world who do not have basic human rights or a voice and what aid workers do is make efforts to meet these basic needs and empower people to be able to stand on their own feet. Their work truly does speak for itself so I will make my words few and simply say this; that the world would not be able to sustain itself without humanitarians at work and at heart. Everyone can play a role in making the world a better and safer place for the next generation... You can be the difference ...volunteer...
