Tag: salvation
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Child Abuse and the Power of the State
While New Mexico tried to pass Omaree’s law during the New Mexico legislative session this week a family in Mass. marked a somber anniversary. The case of 9yr old Omaree Varela who was killed by his mother’s kicking is heartbreaking. But is the answer to such acts of cruelty more legislation or a change of…
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Is it Judgement for Japan?
As I write this, I have just learned of a 4 month old baby girl found in the shattered remains of Ishinomaki, Japan. There is hope brought from despair. Which brings me to the point of this post. Some are claiming that the powerful 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami are judgments from God. It is…
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Remembering Japan
Japan has experienced the largest earthquake in it history, along with a powerful tsunami and over a hundred after shocks. There is dangerous radiation leaking from one of its nuclear power plants at Daiichi, and the death toll expected to be in the thousands. My heart goes out to the people of Japan. My family…