We hope that what we do within the blogosphere and beyond – with our formal publications, speaking engagements, debates, contribution to social commentary and in the one on one discussions we have with those we have met through these endeavors – serves more than simply fulfilling our own need to share the results of our respective tertiary training and the contents of our hearts and minds. We hope, God willing, that we are playing a small part in the transformation of our culture; that we are helping to shatter the erroneous stereotype that the Christian tradition cannot be rationally held, that Christianity has no place in sensible intellectual discussion and no place at the table of public discourse.

What we do takes a lot of our time and effort and sometimes places us in receipt of some flack. We do it because we are passionate about the things we speak about and because we want to serve God with the giftings and the opportunities he has given us. The realities of life, however, remain. Matt has, since graduating PhD in 2006, not been able to find full-time employment in his field and Madeleine is limited as to how much she can work by her pain levels following her car accident in 2008 and needs to focus on working through the steps necessary to see her admitted to the Bar (a goal she expects to realise in March 2011). Add to this, we have a family to feed, ACC has unfairly cut Madeleine off so we are taking legal action against them – things are particularly tough right now. The support from our church, family, friends and complete strangers has been (and continues to be)  a source of great encouragement and an incredible testimony to God’s provision over these difficult times. However, we have reached a place where we realise we need to ask for help if we are to fight ACC, get Matt to the US, publish more, do more in our community and get our heads above water until something gives in the employment situations we both face.

For a long time we did not want to create this page, we were content to forge our own way forward and were too proud to ask for help but as more people offered and as we thought about the fact that we would help other people if they were in this situation and we were in a position where we could, we realised that we needed to rethink our initial aversion.

So, here are our needs/wants/wishes lists (regularly updated) in NZD:

Practical items and cheques can be sent to:

M and M Flannagan
Private Bag 93119
Henderson
Auckland 0650
New Zealand

Direct credits, Automatic Payments and Wire Transfers can be sent to:

M and M Flannagan ANZ 011159 – 0131664 – 46

Credit Card and Pay-Pal donations can be received through the donate button in the side-bar.

Another way you can support us is to use us or promote us as speakers; if you are attending an event  you think we’d make a good addition to that asks for feedback for future events, consider suggesting us.

If you wish to ear-mark your donation for a specific purpose please include a reference  or drop us an email to m_flannagan@clear dot net do nz.

We would like to thank our supporters publicly with a link to their blog, business or website but out of respect for privacy unless you give us permission to do so and provide us with the link you want us to point to, our default position must be to treat you anonymously on our support received to date page.