.....................Bone Box Controversy...................

With the resent news of the bone boxes found in Jerusalem, I realized it was time to release my Jesus box "discovery". The photo above is proof of it's authenticity. An infant Jesus is clearly seen popping out of a decorated box. I bring my "find" out every December and place it at the front of my house. DNA testing has not been done, but many have attested to the validity of its' concept. The box is real (I made it myself) and the concept is ageless.

Remember...

..no matter how tempting it might seem
"never pat a burning dog."
Paul de Bruin

Some thoughts from Martin Luther King Jr.

"Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. So it goes. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper the darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that..." "Strength to Love" (1963)

" I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right temporarily defeated is stronger than evil triumphant." -Nobel Prize acceptance speech (1964)

"I know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems....I say to myself that hate is too great of a burden to bare. I have decided to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. And the beautiful thing is that we are moving against wrong when we do it, because John was right, God is love. He who hates does not know God, but he who has love has the key that unlocks the door to the meaning of ultimate reality." -"Where do we go from here?"- Address to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (1967)

(Posted to remember "Black History" month in the United States.)

Great Movie to see..
Opening on the 23rd of Mar. all across Canada--

Amazing Grace

See trailers and other info at ..
www.amazinggracemovie.com

...coming soon..
the personal account of Yonah's encounter with Yeshua, Mirjam of
Magdala , Yochanan and others and their stories and teachings.
(To be released chapter by chapter.)

.....BALANCE.....

How I Learned To Care

When I was seven years old I learned a valuable lesson about compassion. A fellow student of mine was a little boy from a large and poor family. He was always being picked on by the bigger boys. They would taunt him about his tattered clothes. They would laugh at his white bread and lard sandwiches. It made me sad to see how this meanness made his life so miserable. One evening at supper I told my family about this little boy, his dilemma and his poor family. Sometime later shortly before Christmas my father told the members of our church about this families needs. Groceries, cash and special gifts for all the children were given, to which my parents added even more. My father asked if I would like to come along when he and my mother went to give these gifts. As we drove up to the house I noticed how run down it was. Once inside we kept our coats on as the family had little money for heating oil. As my parents put the boxes on the table I saw how humbly these gifts where given and how gratefully they where received. That day I learned how to care.

Happy Valentines Day. Love someone today.