Comments on: Do Not Be Afraid… http://gatheringinlight.com/2006/09/11/do-not-be-afraid/ Current Blog Project: Six Months With a Quaker Preacher Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:08:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: gathering in light - » UCLA and the Taser Incident - We Tase in the Stacks Now http://gatheringinlight.com/2006/09/11/do-not-be-afraid/comment-page-1/#comment-5341 gathering in light - » UCLA and the Taser Incident - We Tase in the Stacks Now Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:07:41 +0000 http://gatheringinlight.com/2006/09/11/do-not-be-afraid/#comment-5341 [...] People are feeling less safe rather than more, a common thing in the States these days. One student at UCLA reported, “As students we feel our safety is endangered, and we do not feel safe on campus,” said Sabiha Ameen, president of the Muslim Students Association. [...] [...] People are feeling less safe rather than more, a common thing in the States these days. One student at UCLA reported, “As students we feel our safety is endangered, and we do not feel safe on campus,” said Sabiha Ameen, president of the Muslim Students Association. [...]

]]> By: gathering in light - » An Iraq Exit Strategy Some Ideas On How to Leave From Jim Wallis http://gatheringinlight.com/2006/09/11/do-not-be-afraid/comment-page-1/#comment-3162 gathering in light - » An Iraq Exit Strategy Some Ideas On How to Leave From Jim Wallis Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:08:00 +0000 http://gatheringinlight.com/2006/09/11/do-not-be-afraid/#comment-3162 [...] I think one more feature should be added to the exit, as Wallis said, “Bush has made this presidency a failed Christian presidency,” and because of this, we as the church owe the world (in part through the mouth of the President) a worldwide apology for the wars, and the uprise in fear and terrorism we’ve experienced since our first attacks. [...] [...] I think one more feature should be added to the exit, as Wallis said, “Bush has made this presidency a failed Christian presidency,” and because of this, we as the church owe the world (in part through the mouth of the President) a worldwide apology for the wars, and the uprise in fear and terrorism we’ve experienced since our first attacks. [...]

]]> By: the mindful mission - Post details: Scribe Jamboree http://gatheringinlight.com/2006/09/11/do-not-be-afraid/comment-page-1/#comment-2815 the mindful mission - Post details: Scribe Jamboree Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:35:02 +0000 http://gatheringinlight.com/2006/09/11/do-not-be-afraid/#comment-2815 [...] C. Wess Daniels, at gathering in light, has some thoughts on fear and Christianity:Jesus reminds the church that we are to be characterized by peace and not fear - the world gives us fear; the media, the government, our businesses and schools are often characterized by fear, but the Spirit is not. ... When we are afraid we are closed down to the deep calls of the Gospel, the Gospel makes little sense to those who love their safety more than the salvation of the world. [...] [...] C. Wess Daniels, at gathering in light, has some thoughts on fear and Christianity:Jesus reminds the church that we are to be characterized by peace and not fear – the world gives us fear; the media, the government, our businesses and schools are often characterized by fear, but the Spirit is not. … When we are afraid we are closed down to the deep calls of the Gospel, the Gospel makes little sense to those who love their safety more than the salvation of the world. [...]

]]> By: C. Wess Daniels http://gatheringinlight.com/2006/09/11/do-not-be-afraid/comment-page-1/#comment-2780 C. Wess Daniels Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:40:36 +0000 http://gatheringinlight.com/2006/09/11/do-not-be-afraid/#comment-2780 Amen and Amen! Thank you for shaing that beautiful prayer Kevin. Amen and Amen!
Thank you for shaing that beautiful prayer Kevin.

]]> By: Kevin http://gatheringinlight.com/2006/09/11/do-not-be-afraid/comment-page-1/#comment-2779 Kevin Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:29:34 +0000 http://gatheringinlight.com/2006/09/11/do-not-be-afraid/#comment-2779 Let us, then, pray with all fervor for this peace which our divine Redeemer came to bring us. May He banish from the souls of men whatever might endanger peace. May He transform all men into witnesses of truth, justice and brotherly love. May He illumine with His light the minds of rulers, so that, besides caring for the proper material welfare of their peoples, they may also guarantee them the fairest gift of peace. Finally, may Christ inflame the desires of all men to break through the barriers which divide them, to strengthen the bonds of mutual love, to learn to understand one another, and to pardon those who have done them wrong. Through His power and inspiration may all peoples welcome each other to their hearts as brothers, and may the peace they long for ever flower and ever reign among them. -John XXIII Let us, then, pray with all fervor for this peace which our divine Redeemer came to bring us. May He banish from the souls of men whatever might endanger peace. May He transform all men into witnesses of truth, justice and brotherly love. May He illumine with His light the minds of rulers, so that, besides caring for the proper material welfare of their peoples, they may also guarantee them the fairest gift of peace.

Finally, may Christ inflame the desires of all men to break through the barriers which divide them, to strengthen the bonds of mutual love, to learn to understand one another, and to pardon those who have done them wrong. Through His power and inspiration may all peoples welcome each other to their hearts as brothers, and may the peace they long for ever flower and ever reign among them.

-John XXIII

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