“If you want to make peace, you don’t talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.” - Moshe Dayan
A doubt and a promise
Sunday 18 May, Matthew 28:16-20
“When they saw him, they worshiped him, but some doubted.” Passages like this assure me there’s a place for me and the people I serve. Unlike John’s story of Thomas, Matthew didn’t single out one disciple as the doubter. He says that "some doubted." While Thomas was clear about his doubt ("unless I see the print of the nails …") Matthew didn’t say why they doubted—or what they doubted. Perhaps they weren’t sure it was Jesus, or they doubted he had actually died. Maybe they had simply been through enough and weren’t about to be fooled or hurt again.
http://www.christiancentury.org/article.lasso?id=247
Come on retreat with the Anabaptist Association - Half Day Silent Retreats for 2008
Retreats for Everyday Life:
Saturday 31st May - Seasons of Life
Saturday 6th September -Transforming our Struggles into Life
Saturday 18th October - Trees of Life
Led by: Mary Hurst and Sally Longley / Time: 1-5 pm / Place: 71 Narrabeen Park Parade, Warriewood (on Warriewood Headland)
Cost $30.00 (includes refreshments) / Booking essential: limited places
Mary Hurst 9997 4632 - Email AAANZ [at] iprimus [dot] com [dot] au / Sally Longley 9913 7871
“Draw near to God, and God will draw near to you” - James 4:8
The Sound of Social Justice in Australia: ‘From Little Things Big Things Grow’
"If you thought socially conscious music in the mainstream was a thing of the past, turn your ears to what Australia is listening to. A song about justice and reconciliation in Australia was the highest new entry in the charts two weeks ago - starting out at #2 on the Australian charts and #2 after Madonna on the digital track charts - and remains in the top 50. As The New York Times reported: A song about racial reconciliation with the Aboriginal minority has become the fourth-biggest-selling recording in Australia, even though it is available only as a download from the Web."
http://blog.beliefnet.com/godspolitics/2008/05/the-sound-of-social-justice-in.html
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