The faith I desire

I shared this on most of my social networks this morning – but it bears repeating here.

From Anita Smith, the wife of teacher Ronnie Smith, who was killed last month in Libya:

I hear people speaking with hate, anger and blame over Ronnie’s death, but that’s not what Ronnie would want. Ronnie would want his death to be an opportunity for us to show one another love and forgiveness, because that’s what God has shown us.

I want all of you – all of the people of Libya – to know I am praying for the peace and prosperity of Libya. May Ronnie’s blood, shed on Libyan soil, encourage peace and reconciliation between the Libyan people and God.

Despite what you may be seeing elsewhere in your social feeds today, this is the faith that I strive for.

This is the Christianity I hold to so dearly — loving neighbors and enemies alike.

I know I’ll never live it out 100% but please know that THIS is what I’m striving for.

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Color matters

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You may already know that certain colors invoke certain feelings and reactions.

You may also already know that certain colors in photos make a difference in how we respond.

But did you know that different social media networks respond differently to different colors?

According to studies by Curalate – while Pinterest users are drawn to reds and oranges, Instagram users are more drawn to blues.

​Users also respond differently to the number of colors, saturation and textures.

See the results for Instagram and Pinterest.

Tony Campolo on abortion

I think it is a pressing political issue. And I am very concerned that we have allowed the Republican party alone to define the pro-life position.
The Democrats have not understood where evangelicals are coming from. They would be able to get a great deal of support from the evangelicals if they would propagate what they know to be true: 72% of all abortions in America are driven by economic forces. That is to say, it is young women who are pregnant, working at a minimum wage, with no health insurance or possibility for daycare, with no pre-natal or post-natal help, and who knows that if she has the baby it’s going to cost her thousands of dollars for hospital care.
So we have to begin to ask, “What’s this woman going to do?” Seventy-two percent of the people who’ve had abortions were driven by economic forces and when asked by the Guttmacher Institute, which is a pro-choice organization, “Would you have an abortion if it wasn’t for these economic choices?” would say, “No, we wouldn’t have had the abortion.”
My question is: how can we as evangelicals call ourselves pro-life if all we are anxious to do is to make abortion illegal? If we are not dealing with the economic forces that are driving people to have abortions?

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