Katrina: Faith Lost & Found
It’s been five years now since the wind and rain of Hurricane Katrina bore down on the gulf coast. Five years since the levees broken and the world came off it’s hinges for the residents of New Orleans and the gulf coast. It is impossible to imagine all that was lost in those days, and here five years... >Read More
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Compassion Still Needed
Six months ago a massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake left nearly a quarter of a million people dead and another 1.5 million people homeless. As the terrible news was broadcast around the globe, governments worldwide pledged over $5billion in relief. Although relief efforts to this point have been commendable, months later most of that money has yet...... >Read More
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Disappointments Come in All Sizes
Not all disappointments are created equal. Tim Horton's in Canada recently brought back their "Roll Up the Rim" promotion, where by rolling up the rim on your cup of coffee you can win one of millions of free food prizes, or even computers or cars. But more often than not you won't win anything, and seeing "Please play again"... >Read More
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Fading into the Background
Our shock has subsided. The sad images of the despair in Haiti move into the daily routine of our newscasts. The heart -wrenching photos that keep coming are in danger of becoming the "wallpaper" of our day- to -day awareness.
Wallpaper catches the eye as we enter a room. Its color and design grab our attention and we take... >Read More
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New Birth for Haiti
"I am 10 days old after my new birth."
"Perhaps this catastrophe is also a new birth for Haiti."
Random radio searching while driving today brought this remarkable perspective from a Haitian who has survived the major catastrophic earthquake in his country.
It’s an interesting thought. There is always pain before a new birth. Yet a new...... >Read More
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AFTERSHOCK: an Update from Haiti
After a massive 6.1 aftershock rocked Port-au-Prince once again this week, we received an urgent message from our Canadian GAiN staff in Haiti.
"After spending the past 5 days seeing, feeling and smelling the destruction and massive loss of life from the earthquake just over one week ago, I am deeply moved. I realized that I would never have made...... >Read More
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Fort Hood shootings leave America grieving
Yesterday Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an army psychiatrist, opened fire at the Fort Hood military base in Killeen, Texas, killing 13 people. The BBC reports:
The shooting began at about 1330 (1930 GMT) on Thursday at a personnel and medical centre at Fort Hood - the largest US military base in the world, home to about 40,000 troops.
The commander...... >Read More
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Japan: Another disaster
This is becoming much too familiar. As I turned on the news... >more
Hope Realized as Miners Rescued
As I write this post, nearly half of the trapped Chilean miners... >more
What Do You Fear?
Do you crave destiny? (Part 2)