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filled with power
Posted on February 15, 2006 | Filed Under religious language, spirituality
When the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will be filled with power, and you will be witnesses for me …
That’s what Jesus promised his first apostles: you will be filled with power … and they were:
power to boldly proclaim a message of good newspower to heal broken bodies and broken soulspower to stand up to fierce opposition and harsh persecutionpower to see what they could not see before — the ever-widening circle of the Lord’s embrace.
You will be filled with power …
Do you feel powerful, empowered, filled with power? Sometimes it seems that for us faith is more about …
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national religious campaign against torture
Posted on February 7, 2006 | Filed Under justice, torture
Thank you to Rev. Dr. George Hunsinger of Princeton Theological Seminary for notifying this weblog of the work of the National Religious Coalition Against Torture. Read their statement, “Torture Is A Moral Issue,” on their website (www.nrcat.org) and consider adding your signature. An excerpt from the statement follows:
Torture violates the basic dignity of the human person that all religions hold dear. It degrades everyone involved –policy-makers, perpetrators and victims. It contradicts our nation’s most cherished ideals. Any policies that permit torture and inhumane treatment are shocking and morally intolerable.
Torture and inhumane treatment have long been banned by U.S. …
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election day in haiti
Posted on February 7, 2006 | Filed Under general
Read these accounts of Haiti’s election day today …
Masses of Haitian voters overwhelm election workers (Canadian Press)
Chaos, Confusion on Election Day (Washington Post)
A day not free of problems, but a day that saw voters turn out in large numbers and remain largely patient and peaceful. A day of hope, and I pray a day of new beginnings for Haiti.
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bono at the national prayer breakfast
Posted on February 3, 2006 | Filed Under justice
Worth reading: U2 lead singer Bono’s remarks delivered at the National Prayer Breakfast yesterday. Very much worth reading for those who take faith in Jesus seriously!
Here’s a brief excerpt:
Here’s some good news for the President. After 9-11 we were told America would have no time for the World’s poor. America would be taken up with its own problems of safety. And it’s true these are dangerous times, but America has not drawn the blinds and double-locked the doors.
In fact, you have doubled aid to Africa. You have tripled funding for global health. Mr. President, …
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unforgettable haiti
Posted on February 3, 2006 | Filed Under justice
Haiti … unforgettable
That was the last line I wrote in the journal I kept during my ten-day visit to Haiti in the summer of 1991. And it’s true. The land and its people are still very much with me, in my mind and in my heart.
So a reference to Haiti on an internet news server caught my attention … and reading the article (a blog post for the Washington Post, submitted by photojournalist, Ron Haviv) brought back many memories. You may read his commentary here: Glimmers of hope in Cite Soleil. Be sure to check out his photo …
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