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Idea of the Month: August |
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Written by Sally Mahe
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Thursday, 10 August 2006 |
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Page 1 of 5 Idea for August
Dr. Taleb, a URI CC leader from Hebron requested that the idea for the International Day of Peace for August focus on the Middle East. Eloquent voices from the URI community are being heard in the midst of the bombardment of violence. The idea for August is to share the voices, the prayers, the suffering, the wisdom—and shape these personal and poignant offerings so that they can be used as resources for solitary reflection, in prayer vigils, in special programs, as part of your faith community’s practice, and to motivate wise action.
These offerings are just a sampling of recent communications in the URI list serve. They speak of the power of prayer, the power of personal action, the power of resolve to live as a deeper human being at times like these.
Please feel free to look for other offerings that touch you and add to this collection. Create a plan for how you can spread these powerful voices farther and let them speak to others as well as yourself.
Ideas:
Use one of these offerings each day as a focus for reflection and prayer;
Send one each day by email to your friends or email networks;
Weave them together as focus pieces for a vigil, a program, or a gathering;
Work with your faith community to integrate them into regular services.
More resources: The Interfaith Relations ministry of the National Council of Churches USA has launched a new Web site -- www.seasonofprayer.org. The website compiles prayers, scripture texts, hymns, litanies, poems and other prayer aids from many religious traditions, appropriate to the current crisis in the Middle East. It includes prayers from Sikh, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, and other faith traditions as well interfaith prayers.
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