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Carraig Eden Fights Back
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The only time that our questions get tongue-tied and twisted is when the issues at stake are far more important than a €200m Hollywood blockbuster or yet another last-gasp comeback album.
With the 1890 property having been put up for sale by owners The Irish Assemblies of God in March of last year, a six-month deadline for the current occupants of Carraig Eden to come up with €1.7m was missed by a matter of days. A government grant for Ashford-based rehabilitation charity Tiglin to secure a property for their outreach service – much of which is based in Carraig Eden – was announced by Simon Harris on February 23rd. Unfortunately, The Irish Assemblies of God had already gotten a much bigger offering, from a private developer, said to be in the region of €3m.
And, as it says in the bible – somewhere near the back, we think – money talks, compassion walks, baby. The Carraig Eden Foundation, formed in June 2016 to raise that original asking price, promptly folded.
For the 30 men who rely on the building, and its services, as they try to get back on their feet, the threat of eviction on July 31st has many naturally fearing for their future. Thankfully, there are others who are willing to fight their corner, including TDs Stephen Donnelly and Simon Harris, David Norton from Irish Housing Network (the grass-roots activist body involved in the recent Apollo House occupation) and, of course, Tiglin CEO, Phil Thompson, who also joins us here.
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I’ve been told that my first holiday in Carrig Eden was around 74 years ago. Since before then it’s been a place of rest and refreshment, surrounded by great natural beauty, run by God-honouring people. Its current purpose is much more than that, offering health and healing in the name of Jesus to people who are troubled and in pain.
It could have no higher purpose. May God fulfil his plan for this place.
The Bible does not say MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL…The Bible says The love of money is the root of all evil…and this situation is a PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE LOVE OF MONEY AND you can throw POWER IN THE MIX AS WELL…but I have no doubt God will require Accountability for this awful deed, why because they are doing it in the name of God and he wont be used or mocked……
The Bible doesn’t say the love of money is the root of all evil. The love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs. 1 Timothy 6 10. ESV.
If God wants Tiglin to hold on to Carraig Eden there’s nothing to worry about.