Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, the 40 days before Easter. I forget that this is not an event that all Christian religions celebrate. Click here to read a good explanation of what it is all about.
By the sweat of your brow
you will eat your food
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return. - Genesis 3:19
Tags: Current Events, Verses
I was first extremely shocked, then saddened, then angry after reading this story.
Quoting this Fox news story, Rebecca Garland, the chief academic officer for North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, told Fox News “We are certainly not trying to go away from American history, What we are trying to do is figure out a way to teach it where students are connected to it, where they see the big idea, where they are able to make connections and draw relationships between parts of our history and the present day.”
How can the students be connected to American history when they start in the middle of the time-line? They state that they will have been taught North Carolina and US History in middle school, but you know it will not be as in depth or with a comprehension that will only come with age. If anything they should be concentrating on the birth of this great country with special emphasize on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
As Thomas Jefferson stated “I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of society but the people themselves, and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.” But I guess if you go to school in North Carolina, after reading this statement, you might instead be asking who is Thomas Jefferson?
Tags: Current Events
If you know me, you know that I am a soccer fanatic. So, I just had to pass this on. Eurosport has committed 100% of the proceeds of the sale of this shirt to the relief effort in Haiti.
If you had not heard, 30 members of the Haitian Soccer Federation died in the earthquake and many more are missing. It includes Administrators, Coaches, Officials, Medical Officials and Players. You can read more about it here
As Jack Warner stated in this article“The football community stands in solidarity with Haiti. As our brothers and sisters face their darkest hour, we must let them know that they are not alone,”
It just so happens the Haitian National motto is “Unity Makes Strength”
Tags: Current Events
January 11th was “National Global Human Trafficking Awareness Day.” President Obama had declared January 2010 as National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. Many cities and states are creating events to help support the cause, but as one blog I read put it, “everyday should be National Global Human Trafficking Awareness Day.”
As a reminder, two of our vendors are deeply involved in working with children and families to help combat human trafficking, Guardian Village & Threads Of Hope. Please keep them in your prayers.
And if you think that this happens everywhere but the US, check out Not For Sale, they post a map showing where reported case are located, including the US.
Take the time and read “Terrify No More” a book written by Gary Haugen, the founder of International Justice Mission. It tells about several of their cases and how the IJM came about. You can find out more about them here.
To learn more and join this movement check out the following sites:
Foreign Policy Association/Children’s Page - Not only human trafficking but other blogs on various global issues.
Justice For Women -The “Link” button on the left hand side sends you to a page that hosts various links on more global issues.
Tags: Current Events, Guardian Village, Human Trafficking, Threads Of Hope
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