This is the power of grace and forgiveness.
Emmanuel was part of the Rwandan Genocide. This is his powerful second chance story told in his own words. He takes us through these real life events filmed on location in Rwanda.
Category: faith
Extreme Makeover – Strip Club edition
A number of my friends with Porcelain Dolls in Waco recently spent 12 hours making over the dressing room of a local strip club.
They did it entirely on a volunteer basis and if I’m not mistaken all the paint was donated as well.
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War and peace and forgiveness
A few videos and one amazing story on peace, love, forgiveness and Jesus.
Tony Campolo and Greg Boyd:
HT Jonathan Brink
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Dr Cornel West on Obama, Osama and justice
I’ve become to appreciate the voice and posture of Dr Cornel West more and more in recent years.
He recently shared his thoughts on the assassination of Osama bin Laden with his co-host Tavis Smiley on their radio program.
Powerful words that challenge our thoughts of love, justice and retribution.
“I am just not convinced that through killing and more murder that you can stop the killing and more murder.”
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The violence we preach
THE VIOLENCE we preach is not
the violence of the sword,
the violence of hatred.
It is the violence of love,
of brotherhood,
the violence that wills to beat weapons
into sickles for work.
oscar romero, november 27, 1977
A friend sent me a copy of Oscar Romero’s The Violence of Love for my new Kindle (thanks Laurie!!) — and I found another site online that just happens to have it for FREE download as well for Kindle, Nook and PDF.
From the same site:
During his three years as archbishop of San Salvador, Óscar Romero became known as a fearless defender of the poor and suffering. His work on behalf of the oppressed earned him the admiration and love of the peasants he served, a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, honorary degrees from abroad – and finally, an assassin’s bullet on account of his outspokenness.
Romero was martyred for his insistence that following Christ cannot be relegated to the spiritual realm. He did not die in vain – the people of Central America say his spirit lives on in them. As their struggle for justice and dignity intensifies, his words take on renewed urgency.
Needless to say I’m looking forward to reading it…
So, what does this kind of violent love look like to you?
Death of an enemy
Last night just before heading to bed, I checked in with Twitter and saw a friend re-tweet from @USABreakingNews that Osama Bin Laden was killed. I checked for other mentions and quickly tuned in to CNN and then ABC as my Twitter stream filled with similar comments.
Laurie and I waited for 45 minutes or so before President Obama made the announcement himself, confirming that America’s Most Wanted man had been killed earlier in the day by US Special Forces.
As I watched my Twitter feed, I was struck by how different the responses were from so many of my friends.
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