politics, social justice and ways you can make a difference in the world around you.
President Obama shared an insight into his prayers at the National Prayer Breakfast this week.
He mentioned three re-occuring themes in his prayers:
Very insightful…
Continue reading Obama’s prayers
The Candy Shop is a finalist in The 2010 Doorpost Film festival and is now available for online viewing.
The movie stars Doug Jones, who some of you may remember from another Doorpost Film, The Butterfly Circus, and Curt Roland.
It’s just under 30 minutes long and will definitely give new meaning to the term “Candy Shop” for you.
I encourage you to take half-an-hour and watch it.
Continue reading The Candy Shop available for online viewing
Traffick911 in the Dallas area has launched a number of PSAs just in time for the Super Bowl to raise awareness and to help fight human trafficking.
According to recent stats, 15% of all phone calls to the National Human Trafficking Hotline come from Texas and it’s estimated that an event like the Super Bowl will bring hundreds (if not thousands) of young girls to the area for the sole purpose of being prostituted to the football enthusiasts.
Continue reading I’m not buying it – The Super Bowl & Sex Trade
Some of you may recall the story of Amos and Aaron and Jamie Ivey last year.
Aaron and Jamie were in the process of adopting Amos from Haiti when last year’s horrific earthquake hit.
It was a trying week or so, but the family was finally re-united and able to bring Amos home for good only a “short” time after the earthquake.
Just five days after the earthquake, the video to Amos’ song was released…
And now a short (5 minute) documentary about the family being reunited has also been released and is available for downloading and viewing with your friends, family and faith community.
It’s a beautiful story and a beautiful companion video as well.
Check it out, share it with your friends and consider how God might be calling you to make a difference in the life of an orphan somewhere in the world.
(HT @chrisballman for the link)
Jan. 11 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day.
Modern day slavery exists in the world today for 27 million held in some form of captivity. 80% of them are women; 50% are underage children and 70% of the females are trafficked for sexual exploitation purposes.
These are not prostitutes. These are women and girls that are being prostituted.
According to the Trafficking in Persons Report, every year:
On Jan. 12, 2010 a massive earthquake destroyed much of Haiti. Since the earthquake it’s estimated that more than 2,000 Haitian children have been sold into slavery and trafficked to other countries.
Each year, 800,000 people become human trafficking victims and are transported across international borders. According to the Texas Attorney General, 20 percent of those people (or 160,000 people) pass through Texas.
Closer to home, Irving Police busted a man earlier this month for trafficking children through Dallas.
Modern slavery is alive and all around us.
Find out more…
And finally, I challenge you to do at least 1 thing today to help raise awareness. Whether it’s a Facebook status update, changing your online avatar, a Twitter update, sharing a link to this post or one of the great resources listed here… do something.
While I agree more with Shane Claiborne’s understanding of Jesus’ politics these two clips are pure Stephen Colbert genius…
Just wait for the great closer at the end of clip 2.
Continue reading Jesus is a liberal Democrat and Stephen Colbert is a genius