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Peace-loving Truth

Tim Tebow and his mom are doing a pro-life commercial that will be aired during the Super Bow. Apparently many pro-choice groups are upset about this and want CBS to refuse to air it. There is much that can be said about the contradiction of those who are for choice, but don’t want people to [...]

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From SkyeBox: “A clash of civilizations.” That’s how many in the media and in politics describe the relationship between Muslims and Christians. This popular narrative, however, does not capture the full story. Yes, there is a faction of Islam that is hostile and even aggressively violent toward the West. And there are some Christians who [...]

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Global Pink Hijab Day

I am sorry that I missed this. October 28th was Global Pink Hijab Day. This is the mission from their website, “Pink Hijab Day is intended to shatter stereotypes of Muslim women, as well as raise awareness and funds for breast cancer research. All over the world, Muslims participated by wearing pink hijabs, pink ribbons, [...]

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Muslims Who Saved Jews

During World War II 65 Albanian Muslims risked their lives in order to save 2000 Jews fleeing the Nazis. Photographer Norman Gershman gathered their stories into his book, Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews in World War II. NPR recently interviewed him. You can listen to the interview or read the transcript. Here is one story [...]

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Perinatal Hospice

It is a tragedy when parents have an ultrasound and find out that their baby has some type of problem, especially when that problem is incompatible with life. Unfortunately the tragedy is compounded as they are counseled to abort the baby (who will die anyway). Certainly grief can steal our peace, but this is especially [...]

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The Destruction of Peace

When Adam and Eve ate the fruit in the garden they destroyed the peace they enjoyed with God. Peace between them was eroded when Adam so quickly blamed Eve and Eve simply blamed the serpent (genuine peace does not exist when we are too proud to admit our own sins). But it was their son [...]

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Imagine

One key element in peace is life. Abortion is the opposite of peace because it is destruction. Catholicvote.org has some great videos that help us imagine the significance of choosing life. Here is their most recent (I’ll post the first two below). HT: Jill Stanek

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