For the past twenty years, my wife and I have been committed urban cyclists, with our “family car” being a small fleet of bikes. We cycle through city streets with tricky left-hand turns and up-hill climbs in traffic, sharing lanes with cars, buses, trucks, and other cyclists. I even ride during Canada’s snowy winters. While not everyone feels at ease cycling in a big city, God helps me feel safe and secure. (more…)
Si Dios es bueno y gobernador sobre todo lo que existe, ¿por qué ocurrió un terremoto en Haití? ¿Dios dejó de actuar y dejó que el terremoto tuviera lugar? ¿Dios permitió las millones de víctimas que están sufriendo hoy en la pequeña isla del Caribe estuvieran a merced de esa fuerza tan destructiva?
Estos son temas difíciles que muchos están tratando de comprender. ¿Qué crees tú a cerca de estas preguntas? (more…)
Can your prayer reach an oil pipe on the sea floor? Can it protect the creatures and coastlines caught in the spreading slick? Can it strengthen the efforts of relief crews?
Yes—because effective, healing prayer isn’t asking a distant Deity to engage in a human disaster and mysteriously disentangle us from these overwhelming problems.
Should fear about personal safety be an obstacle to peacekeeping? Definitely not!
I live in Kenya, and a few months before the 2007 General Election, I was selected to co-ordinate peace initiatives at the ward level with a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) called, “Youth Building Bridges of Peace” in Kibera, a large slum in the middle of Nairobi. My work included bringing village elders, opinion leaders, youth leaders and also religious leaders together to work towards a common goal of peace during the election period. Historically, Kibera was one of the “hot spots” during and following elections in Kenya, especially among youth. (more…)
If God is good and ruler over all, why did the earthquake happen in Haiti? Did God stand by and let the earthquake happen? Did God allow the mass destruction to occur that millions of victims are struggling with today on that small island in the Caribbean?
These are tough issues many are wrestling with. What do you think about these questions? (more…)
Last week CNN reported that Oxfam was concerned for the safety of their staff now deployed in Haiti. They said that both the unstable environmental conditions as well as crime and violence threaten those aid workers now on the scene. Each of us has a role to play in supporting the relief efforts much needed in Haiti, not just in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake but in the weeks and months and years going forward. Yes, we can certainly donate money to organizations skilled in responding to human tragedies. But even more needed is the ongoing gift of prayer for each and every worker on the ground there. (more…)
What I remember about seventh grade is finding myself in a new school about five times as big as I’d ever known—I was stumped by algebra, and the girl who wanted to help me get through that class was my only friend. Neither of us were cool, and she didn’t care, but I longed to be accepted by the in-crowd. But every attempt to connect with them ended up in some awful embarrassment. It was a painful time of learning how to make friends and how to be a friend.
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Als ich letzten wieder mal am Flughafen war, sah ich all die Schilder, die vor der Schweinegrippe warnen. Und was man Alles tun muss um sich zu schützen.
Soviel Angst und Furcht steckt dahinter. Ich dachte kurz darüber nach wie stark diese Furcht und Angst die Gedanken der Menschen beeinflussen wollen. Gleichzeitig dachte ich darüber nach, wie man sich vor dieser angsterfüllten Beeinflussung frei halten kann. Ein Wortspiel half mir dabei. Schweinegrippe ( swine flu) = Schweineinfluenza ( swine influenza)= Influence =der Einfluss, Beeinflussen (Influence). (more…)
For many Filipinos, the day typhoon Ketsana hit was memorable. Everyone remembers where they were, what they were doing, and who they were with. Although it has already been three weeks since the storm hit, some parts of Metro Manila are still flooded in knee-high waters that may not recede until December. Ketsana was immediately followed by Parma, though bypassed Manila and hit the provinces of northern Luzon instead. This category-5 typhoon caused a lot of landslides in Baguio and its neighboring areas. (more…)
Hearing about H1N1 or the swine flu? People are confused and afraid. And when we’re afraid, we tend to change our behavior to try to protect ourselves.
People who would normally hug each other keep their distance. A simple handshake becomes a source of distrust and fear. But I won’t do it! I won’t let fear turn me into someone I’m not! (more…)
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