+ At the heart, Jim Wallis of Sojourners suggests that rather than dump money and countless innocent lives into the dark pit of Afghanistan, why not bring the REAL development experts - Church World Service
and other hardworking NGOs - together for a conversation of supporting DEVELOPMENT rather than war?
+ Have you read Three Cups of Tea? Run, do not walk to your local bookstore or on-line shop and BUY IT NOW! It, too, lines out the BEST way - the most healing and hope-filled way - of making lasting change in that broken and wounded land. (Check out: www.threecupsoftea.com/
Make no mistake: this would not eliminate the need for armed forces and security. But it would also change the whole conversation - and outcome! Perhaps it is no coincidence that on this Sunday we will dedicate a Peace Pole at our church - AND - that it is the celebration of All Saints Day. Such a shift is something I would want to give my life to see come to pass. Such a change is at the heart of the message and mission of Jesus. And such a commitment would make such a difference in the world that my mind and heart is still spinning.
THIS is what reconciliation and atoning for the sins of my nations is all about!
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An interesting point by Paul Zak, the world's leading nueroeconomist: correlation between trust and per capita income=.46. To give you a hint on how close this is, studies of identical twins raised apart is .49. The way to economic development is getting people in the nation back to a place where they can trust and that ain't through troops. Sounds like a job for Grace to me. You don't win a peace in the same way that you win a war.
i think a letter to a congress person is in order!
and you're reading Three Cups AND Tribal Church. Rawk out man!
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