Are You Ready for Easter?

The beginning of the easter celebration is just over a week away and stores are full of Easter eggs and decorations to help us celebrate by diverting our attention from the real meaning of Easter to their commercialized version of it.  And how many of us are sucked in?  What is the focus of your [...]

Celebrating International Women’s Day

Today is International Womens Day, a day for celebrating the social, economic and political achievements of women.  It was first celebrated in 1911 when women in most parts of the world still had few rights.
Thinking about this reminded me of the many women I have known over the years who have impacted my own life [...]

Pray for the Hidden Broken Ones

I just received this email in response the the recent MSA Seed Sampler from Jeff Strong who works in Oregon.  He would appreciate your prayers.  The mentally ill are so often not just marginalized but ignored by our society as well as by the government.  Please pray for these people who are so close to [...]

The Inauguration is Over… or is it?

Well the inauguration might be over but there is still a lot being reported about it. Here are some of my favourites:
First a neat photo of the inauguration from space
And this one is, believe it or not the inauguration in Lego
And then of course the comments on Michelle Obama’s fashions
Certainly a lot to keep [...]

President Begins with Prayer

This morning President Obama began his first official day in office by attending the national prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral.  While the event had a larger than usual interfaith contingent it was still at its core a Christian service drawn from the Book of Common Prayer. Read more
I do not think it is [...]

An Historic Day

The day is almost over, the crowds have dispersed from the Mall and all of us are grateful for the opportunity we have had to watch the happenings on this historic day.  Even my friends and family in Australia have had their eyes glued to the TV screen for hours watching [...]

Effects of Mexico’s Drug War Hits El Paso

I just received this link from a good friend of mine whose husband has run a small ministry called Arrow Outreach in Juarez Mexico for the last 20 years.  Together with local pastors he has done an incredible job building a school, a health clinic, houses and other structures as well as helping to staff [...]

Middle Zone Musings

Well the posts are all in for Robert Hruzek’s writing project What I learned from Government. There are some very interesting and thoughtful posts here that you might like to read at your leisure.

What I Learned From the Government About Allergies , by Monique Attinger at BeAllergyWise.com
What I Learned From Plato’s Republic, by [...]

What I Learned From Government

Once again I have been beguiled by Robert Hruzek’s challenge to high calling bloggers.  This months topic is What I Learned from Government a timely topic for this season.
This last week was my first opportunity to vote as a US citizen.  Actually it was the first chance I have had to vote since I left [...]

A Prayer for Barak Obama

Here is a beautiful prayer that Mike Todd posted on his blog.  It’s from Annemie Bosch, wife of the late great South African missiologist David Bosch. Todd had the pleasure of meeting her in Rwanda this spring, where she spoke some very strong words into his life. Knowing something of the Bosch’s story, this prayer [...]