Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Packs of Promise Has Launched!
Just a note to invite you to check out the latest project I'm working on called
Packs of Promise
The goal is to eventually provide a new backpack filled with winter supplies to all of Omaha's homeless.
Let me know what you think...
Packs of Promise
The goal is to eventually provide a new backpack filled with winter supplies to all of Omaha's homeless.
Let me know what you think...
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Friday, January 05, 2007
Communicating Through a Noose
Just read this article by Shane Claiborne.
I wanted to point out a piece that really struck me as challenging...
"When we have new eyes we can look into the faces of those we don't even like, and see the One we love. We can see God's image in everyone we encounter. As Henri Nouwen puts it: "In the face of the oppressed I recognize my own face and in the hands of the oppressor I recognize my own hands. Their flesh is my flesh, their blood is my blood, their pain is my pain, their smile is my smile." We are made of the same dust. We cry the same tears. No one is beyond redemption and no one is beyond repute. And that is when we are free to imagine a revolution that sets both the oppressed and the oppressors free. The world is starving for grace. And grace is hard to communicate with a noose."
I wanted to point out a piece that really struck me as challenging...
"When we have new eyes we can look into the faces of those we don't even like, and see the One we love. We can see God's image in everyone we encounter. As Henri Nouwen puts it: "In the face of the oppressed I recognize my own face and in the hands of the oppressor I recognize my own hands. Their flesh is my flesh, their blood is my blood, their pain is my pain, their smile is my smile." We are made of the same dust. We cry the same tears. No one is beyond redemption and no one is beyond repute. And that is when we are free to imagine a revolution that sets both the oppressed and the oppressors free. The world is starving for grace. And grace is hard to communicate with a noose."