A professor of Christian theology at Union Theology Seminary in New York City says urban violence is an effect of self-hatred — something churches should work to help address. Dr. James Cone says having dignity makes all the difference.
Kenya is a multi- religious society and [Wabukala] termed the attacks as atrocities whose perpetrators should face the full rigor of the law. He called upon the Government to offer adequate security since asking citizens to be vigilant is not sufficient. “This is a cruel provocation, but I appeal to Christians not to feed violence with violence, either in word or deed, because we are called to overcome evil with good,”
The Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, Primate of Nigeria is appealing to the government to confront the violent Muslim extremist group Boko Haram. Okoh’s rhetoric is significantly more temperate than that of his predecessor Peter Akinola, but he makes it clear that religious violence may spin out of control in his country.
I have not been able to listen to the Ash Wednesday words in the same way ever since. “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Yes, perhaps. But we do not return to the same dust from which we came. What we do between our entering this world and our leaving it, the dust we generate, matters; it makes a difference.
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu called Sunday for Tony Blair and George Bush to face prosecution at the International Criminal Court for their role in the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq
The Logan Daily News writes a story on a small Ohio church that was destroyed by fire:
Naunihal Singh, in The New Yorker, has written a powerful op-ed on the Oak Creek shootings. Singh’s entire article is complete and compelling, looking closely
UPDATED with a full report from ACNS below.
A 2009 study shows correlation between carrying a gun and getting shot or killed. From
The greatest gift we have to offer one another is indeed our collective prayer—not merely kind wishes, not simply good intentions, but deep prayer—the ability to hold, tangibly and intentionally, others in that abundant love that flows freely and gracefully within us and among us. ~O’Neill