Posts Tagged: christmas
Advent/Christmas service from Bethlehem and Washingon
Take opposition to sex slavery and trafficking on the road
Egypt’s Muslims attend Coptic Christmas mass, serving as “human shields”
Egypt’s Muslims attend Coptic Christmas mass, serving as “human shields” – Ahram Online. Egypt’s majority Muslim population stuck to its word Thursday night. What had been a promise of solidarity to the weary Coptic community, was honoured, when thousands of…
Read more »Advent Devotion – December 25, 2010
Scripture – Isaiah 52:7–10, Psalm 98, Hebrews 1:1–12, and John 1:1–14 Christmas Day! Behold the wonder of this day—a day of anticipations fulfilled! Rejoice and be glad! A Son is born! The psalmist exclaimed that the Lord will come to…
Read more »Heads of Christian churches in Jerusalem issue Christmas message
The heads of Christian churches in Jerusalem have issued a joint Christmas message for 2010 condemning violence in any form and saying that peace and reconciliation requires the active participation of people of faith. Full text of the message: “Glory…
Read more »Fear Not: Christmas Message 2010: The Rt. Rev. Munib Younan, Bishop ELCJHL
Christmas Message 2010: The Rt. Rev. Munib Younan, Bishop ELCJHL. Bishop Younan, Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, reflects on what he calls the first two words of Christmas: “Fear not.” These were the…
Read more »Open statement on the Lord’s Resistance Army
Open Statement on the Lord’s Resistance Army by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect One year ago today, over the course of four days, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) slaughtered 300 people in Haute Uele province in the…
Read more »The Killing of the Innocents in Congo
From America: The National Catholic Weekly by Kevin Clarke, originally posted on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 05:51:23 PM You may be aware that conditions in Sudan are reaching a crisis point as the referendum on southern independence comes up January…
Read more »For the peace of Jerusalem
Send a Christmas card to President Obama. For the Peace of Jerusalem is a national Christian campaign for Israeli-Palestinian peace now. We are calling for valiant U.S. leadership in the peace process and we believe that this peace must be…
Read more »