The Book that Changed Uncle Jack Charles: the Bible

At the 2016 Gala Night of Storytelling, actor, musician, potter and Koori elder Uncle Jack Charles shares the story of the book that changed his life: the Bible.
‘Books have stood me in good stead,’ says Jack Charles. 'I was raised up with the Salvation Army, so I was impressed with the Bible. In undertaking my journey as a leader in my community, I took a great stock of the “original JC” … I knew I had to turn the other cheek.’ Still, says Charles, ‘The book that would most impress me would be the book that I haven’t written yet. I would like to write a book - its title: The Big Black Book of Little Jack Charles: A Born-Again Blackfella.’

[@jellyrolls4995]

🌺 love uncle jack

[@normangale3159]

I was so impressed with Mr Charles before even seeing this; he is a man changed and in that I definitely do not mean as an indigenous man now shouldering white fella conventions. I say it in response to the darkness his life has experienced at the hands of white fella and Mr Charles has risen to the challenge; I even have it in my heart and mind to write to the authorities to have his past expunged from the criminal records that white fella will use to hold him back. Mr Charles is a credit to not only his indigenous mob but to us as Australians for his commitment to change; we all need to change as he has and in that at the mercy and grace of the One he now calls Father.

[@Benny18-18]

Hear Hear and so say all of us...