October 2007
Dear Reconciler Family,
Dr.
Michael Cassidy wrote, “It has been said that God
moves the mountains, but prayer moves God. The awesome
responsibility of reconciliation is so great a task
that no one dare try it without the covering of prayer.”
Thank you for continuing to cover us in prayer as
we seek to advance the gospel of reconciliation together.
Our
world continues to implode as long-standing racial
and other tensions continue to flare up. Television
breaking news and newspaper headlines remind us daily
that ours is a world of broken relationships and
that God is the only real answer. And He uses His
servants: you, me and others to help heal them.
Within
the last three or four weeks we witnessed the Jena
6 fiasco, followed by several other incidents of
lynching nooses being displayed. And there was yet
another incident of a racially motivated teen beating,
this time in Richmond, Virginia. All this was in
the midst of the 50th anniversary celebration
of the integration of Little Rock High School by
nine black students, called “The Little Rock 9.”
Some of them expressed disappointment over so little
progress on race relations in the last half century.
Now
here’s some good news. My small hometown of Banning,
California proactively sponsored a Unity March on
September 15 that brought out about 1500 marchers,
along with the mayor, chief of police and city council
members. There were a number of display tables, including
our Reconciliation Ministry table and booth. We made
some excellent contacts and I have lunch scheduled
with a city council member and her husband next week.
Dr. Bernice King, daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr., was keynote speaker. She said unity is untying
the “I” in the word. She asked us to repeat after
her, “This day I’m committing myself to unity.”
Some
doors seem to be opening in South Africa, so I request
your prayers for God’s will. I’ll write more on that
later.Thank
you for your financial support. It’s an on-going need
especially at this time.
In
His Love,
Curtis
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