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| 1/4/2010 |
2009 REVIEW: Hope, change & more of the same
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| 12/30/2009 |
2009 REVIEW: Hope, change & more of the same
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--A number of stories grabbed national headlines for at least a brief time in the year that now was:
-- The deaths of political icon Ted Kennedy and pop superstar Michael Jackson elicited heartfelt tributes as well as harsh critiques.
-- Likewise, the country's collective conscience was disturbed to learn about Tiger Woods' adultery.
-- Even the Swine Flu burst into public awareness, but despite dire predictions from the federal government and the United Nations, the epidemic did not rise to the severity of the seasonal flu viruses of 2008.
However, 2009 will not be remembered for the merely tantalizing, or sensational, or even for a deeply emotional moment, but for the promises of enduring hope and change … and unfortunately for the frustrating realities of "more of the same."
MIRACULOUS BEGINNING
Shortly into 2009, The "Miracle on the Hudson" gave the nation an emotional surge of hope when on Jan. 15 US Airways Captain Chesley Sullenberger piloted his powerless aircraft to an emergency landing on the river, saving the lives of all 155 onboard after losing both engines to bird strikes seconds after takeoff.
AN AMERICAN FIRST
The lifted national spirit was a fitting precursor to the historic inauguration of the first African American president of the United States which took place five days later. Hope was the word of the day or at least the politically correct response as liberals and conservatives alike wrote and spoke reverently of the promise in the Declaration of Independence fulfilled in Barack Obama: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Whatever the true feelings of the political pundits, when all was said and done, it seemed most Americans were sincerely moved by the symbolism of how far we have come in race relations in the U.S. represented in Obama's election by a white majority electorate. Read More |
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| 12/29/2009 |
Follow Joseph's example, Patterson says
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| 12/22/2009 |
WORLDVIEW: Lostness fills cities, too
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--Spiritual darkness pervades many places -- not just isolated or "closed" regions, but some of the most crowded cities on earth.
I found two pockets of lostness -- one relatively small, the other enormous -- ... Read More |
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| 12/7/2009 |
Son's health needs spark medical ministry
HOUSTON (BP)--Medical student John Robert Kamguru Githinji grew up in Kenya where poverty and conflict stirred his parents to consider where to send him for a better life. Read More |
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| 11/20/2009 |
WORLDVIEW: A tale of five cities
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--My son wants to go to school next year in New York City. Read More |
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| 11/12/2009 |
WORLDVIEW: Where gang rape comes from
RICHMOND, Va. (BP)--A 15-year-old girl steps outside of a school homecoming dance and guzzles alcohol in a hangout spot on campus. Read More |
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| 10/29/2009 |
Church aims to fill 1,200 shoe boxes
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| 10/20/2009 |
CP EMPHASIS: 'The nations came to us'
GREENSBORO, N.C. (BP)--Missions was a way of life at Friendly Avenue Baptist Church of Greensboro, N.C., where the service projects list fills a page. Then, a nation showed up ... Read More |
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| 9/29/2009 |
WHF 'thank you' video now downloadable
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| 9/28/2009 |
In Kenyan villages, drought leaves famished hearts & stomachs
SAMBURU, Kenya (BP)--Charlie Daniels (no relation to the country music legend) is in mid-sermon when an elderly woman faints. It isn't the Kenyan heat that's the culprit -- it's hunger.... Read More |
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| 9/28/2009 |
World hunger 'thank you' video, other resources available
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| 8/21/2009 |
Starvation continues to stalk millions of Maasai in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya (BP)--Starvation continues to stalk millions of Maasai people in Kenya's Rift valley, and Southern Baptists are launching a new round of hunger relief to help the neediest survive.
NAIROBI, Kenya (BP)--Starvation continues to stalk millions of Maasai people in Kenya's Rift valley, and Southern Baptists are launching a new round of hunger relief to help the neediest survive.
Almost a third of the people in Kenya's Kajiado and Narok districts are in dire need of food, and the new round of relief efforts will stave off disaster for about 180,000 people, according to the Southern Baptist missionary coordinating the project.
"These areas of Kenya have not had rain since 2007. There simply is no grass. No grass means no food for the animals. Since Maasai depend almost entirely on their animals, some people began to die -- mostly older Maasai," project director Bob Calvert said. "Their animals were emaciated and could not be sold to purchase food, so things went from bad to worse. They could not eat because their animals were either dead or dying."
The new food distribution project is the seventh this year and will cost $472,100, bringing the total disbursed in 2009 from the Southern Baptist World Hunger Fund for Kenya relief to nearly $1.1 million -- a very significant drain on the fund, said Mark Hatfield, who with his wife Susan directs work in Sub-Saharan Africa for Baptist Global Response, an international relief and development organization.
"This past 12-month period has seen exceptionally little rain. What complicates the problem is the tribal groups, who live in what are normally dry areas, live with little to no margins in their lives for drought events. There are no reserves of either food grains or stored water to use during a drought," Hatfield said. Read More |
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| 8/12/2009 |
More beheadings in Somalia reported
WASHINGTON (BP)--Four more Christians have been beheaded in Somalia, according to the Washington-based human rights organization International Christian Concern. Read More |
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| 7/22/2009 |
Beheadings mark attacks on Christians
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)--Islamic militants in Somalia have killed eight Christians this year, along with two sons of a Christian leader, according to reports by Reuters Africa and Compass Direct News. Read More |
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