I am currently reading Exclusion and Embrace by Mirslov Volf and came across this powerful thought about reconciliation: "The work of reconciliation should proceed under the assumption that, though the behavior of a person may be judged as deplorable, even demonic, no one should ever be excluded from the will to embrace, because, at the …
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I recently finished reading a great book about the Lost Boys of Sudan. "They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky" tells the story of several boys, well now they are adult men, who fled their villages during a period of war. Against all odds, these boys crossed deserts, survived wild animals, and dodged bullets …
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Yesterday my husband and I went to see a musical about the Afro-beat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti. And let me tell you, it was awesome. Between the amazing drum beats which took me back to the days when I studied dance with the Ko-thi Dance Company in Milwaukee and the wonderful jazz sounds coming out …
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I started writing this post nearly two years ago. But then my daughter was born. I came back to it shortly thereafter but could not figure out where I was going with it and then abandoned it altogether. It was only recently, last week actually when I read Mimi Haddad’s post, Worship a Male God, …
Today, the House's Agriculture Committee decided to slash SNAP (formerly food stamps) by more than $35 billion. This is an outrage! Think of all of the families in our struggling economy who still have not found employment to support their families and what this will mean for them. It will mean a lot of hungry …
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"If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything." Although I am sure that we are all familiar with this quote and the principles that it teaches, it necessitates repeating. All too often we find ourselves standing for things that are not godly and not even good things, probably because someone told us …
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