Fred and Milton Ochieng' named ABC World News Person(s) of the Week
The Blood:Water Mission supported Lwala clinic which is the subject of the documentary, SONS OF LWALA, will get national attention January 30, 2009 when founders Milton and Fred Ochieng’ will be named as the World News Person(s) of the Week on the ABC Nightly News. Tune in between 6:45 pm and 7 p.m, EST to catch the segment.
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WallStats.com has just released a new poster, entitled "389 Years Ago". This "typography mashup", as they call it, traces African American history from three-hundred and eighty nine years ago, when the first slave ship landed in the American colonies, to November 4th, 2008, when our first Black President was elected.
Lilly finally received some recognition in her pursuit of justice and she’s sharing it with working women all over the country, thanks to Mr.Obama.
Jerry Dunn, a former president of the Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, caused quite a stir back when his book first came out in the sixties. Some leaders within our movement challenged him by asking, “How can you say you’ve experienced complete deliverance and still call yourself an alcoholic?” Even today, some Christian workers struggle with this dilemma. While his words appear to be contradictory, if we look more closely we will find some real wisdom in them.
UNICEF’s Humanitarian Action Report 2009 appeals for funds for children and woman affected by emergencies around the world.
Black folks live with their hearts. Wide open. Big. On their sleeves. Bleeding. For everything black. Everything. Black. Is Good.
CEBU, THE PHILIPPINES ? IJM Cebu has been named a ?2008 Citizen of the Year,? by the Cebu Sun Star, Cebu?s leading daily newspaper. The newspaper, which has conferred the honor for the past four years, honored Cebu citizens or organizations that used information and communication strategies to promote a public good, to educate communities and leaders about development issues in Cebu and to articulate the needs of specific groups and mobilize community response.
I should warn you this video is hard to watch. Viper has lived on the streets of Hollywood for over six months. Although, like many of those who came through the foster care system, she considers herself homeless for her entire life.
Viper faces serious health issues; she has a catheter and uses a service animal [...]
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Doug Schaupp, the co-author of Being White: Finding our Place in a Multiethnic World recently spoke at the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) on ways to build justice through relationships across racial and ethnic boundaries in our lives and ministries. Also included with the podcast is a PDF with resources and discussion questions.
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Christians have a call from Christ to "do unto the least of these, as you would do unto me". Christ also calls us to love those who hate us and pray for those who persecute us. Our prisons are filled with men and women who have come to hate free society; they’ve come to the point that they would rather be in prison or get into free society and harm others.
In December 1955 an overworked black woman from Tuskegee, Alabama sat down in a place on a Montgomery bus that was not her place. Or so she’d been told. She was arrested and jailed. She’d broken a law, albeit unjust. That was a first for her.
Not long afterward, a black preacher from Georgia helped in the effort to boycott the Montgomery bus system for their unjust law. He was young and energetic. And also new, with strange new ideas. He stood up and said strange things. He helped others stand up. It was a first for him. He had a dream.
410 children have been killed and 1,855 injured since the start of the Israeli military incursion into the Gaza Strip.
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Whether or not you like Obama, I stumbled upon this article by a great pastor, John Piper. In it, Piper is talking about Obama making Christ a minister of Condemnation. It is a fascinating arguement. Read-
