The Amish Way

A Christian message of forgiveness and mercy has been broadcast on American news media because of a terrible and tragic event. Some good, at least, has come out of this sad event.

wcbstv.com - Grieving Amish Practice Faith, Forgiveness
AP reports: "According to people who know the victims' families, there are two things they want people to know: Their faith will get them through this difficult time, and that they forgive the killer."

WaPo - Cyber-Savvy Pastors Blog When the Spirit Moves Them
The Washington Post reports on how some churches and pastors are using the latest internet technology to share the gospel (Matthew 24:14):

Reaching out to younger generations has long been one of the major challenges for ministers, but hundreds think they have found an answer in blogging. A growing number are taking the Gospel to the Web hoping to get people thinking daily about faith. Many pastors say blogging has become an increasingly integral part of their ministry as they attempt to reverse the decline in church attendance by people in their twenties and thirties.

I think this is a great idea and I think all churches should have official blogs and all Christian writers should be encouraged to start blogs and share their faith on the internet.

Save The Whales
Humans can be a very destructive species, but we can also be protective and try to be good stewards of the creation that has been entrusted to us. Some of us do care about the planet. One of the most popular expressions of that care is the concern many people have about saving whales. You have no doubt seen a bumper sticker that says "Save the Whales!" and are aware of the environmental groups that seek to protect animals from extinction. As this AP report (Yahoo News - Endangered whale gets habitat protection) notes, there has recently been some very good news about efforts to save endangered whales in North America:

Thousands of square miles off Alaska have been designated as critical habitat for North Pacific right whales, considered the most endangered whale in the world. [...] At least 11,000 of the slow-moving whales — prized by commercial whalers for their oil and baleen — once swam the waters of the North Pacific. The whales were listed as endangered in 1973 and there are now believed to number fewer than 100 in waters near Alaska. A few hundred more may remain closer to Russia.

God cares about whales, but there is another species that He cares about a lot more. If God had a car, you can be sure he would have a bumper sticker: Save the humans!

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