Reflections from Rick Lord on Leadership, Transformation, and Things That Keep Human Life Distinctively Human
From America Magazine: On January 25 Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, accepted the 2009 Campion Award from the editors of America. In his remarks upon accepting award, he reflected on the idea of a “martyrial ecumenism,” mused on the surprising links between Shakespeare and St. Edmund Campion and emphasized the central place of forgiveness in all [...]
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Rabbi Jonathan Sacks writes in the Times Online about a central conviction of his faith: If the Universe was brought into being by One beyond the Universe, then it was created by a being who desires to bring things into being. The simplest way of expressing this is: God created the Universe in love. For [...]
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The Wall Street Journal recently interviewed Bishop Duracin in Port au Prince, as he cares for his people at a tent city he set up behind the ruins of College Ste. Pierre. Pray that people everywhere will keep faith with the people of Haiti.
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Gracious God, I lift my voice in prayer with all the people of the world. Surround Haiti and her people with your loving embrace that they may be: supported by the world in the work of rescue and recovery; comforted as they grieve; strengthened as they bury their dead; healed as they tend their wounds; [...]
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CNN — Pat Robertson, who once suggested God was punishing Americans with Hurricane Katrina, now says a “pact to the devil” brought on the devastating earthquake in Haiti. More than 100,000 people are feared dead in Haiti and Robertson continues to espouse an incomprehensible image of God sending natural disasters upon the innocent and suggesting [...]
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I’ve been intrigued by the controversy over Brit Hume’s suggestion to Tiger Woods that he consider the person and teaching of Jesus as a way to experience forgiveness for his alleged infidelity. Christianity Today’s Sarah Pulliam Bailey recently interviewed Hume to expand on what he meant. A few choice quotes: “Instead of urging that Tiger [...]
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