Pakistani Pastor Forgives the Attackers of All Saints Church
A Church of Scotland pastor who lost his mother and other close relatives in a suicide attack on a church in Pakistan has said he forgives their killers.
Reverend Aftab Gohar’s 79-year-old mother, nephew, niece, two uncles and other friends and relatives were among the up to 171 people who were killed in the September 22 blasts at Peshawar’s All Saints Church.
If this is true, I have something to say to you:
I’m sorry
I was wrong
I blew it
I made a huge mistake
But remember, I never said my name was:
Perfect
Flawless
Complete
Arrived
My name is church.
7 Beliefs That Can Burn the Bridge Between the Heart and Hand of a Church.
When the heart of a church cannot connect with the hands of the church it can be a very difficult thing for everyone. The congregation can feel like it is not connecting in meaningful ways with its surrounding community. The board can feel overwhelmed with its responsibility and the pastor can feel worthless. Here are seven beliefs that can contributed to church paralysis.
When Hell Is Scared Out Of People In Church
When I operated with sermons of Bible-pounding, great threat to the hearers was issued. Spewing and snorting Bible passages, I held hell over their heads and on occasion there would be tens–a couple of times over a hundred–responses at the end of the sermon. Those were some of our good days, except….
…except scaring hell out of people doesn’t put them any closer to heaven.
The Benefits Of Engaging In A “Cognitive Apprenticeship”
As they describe it, the cognitive apprenticeship proceeds in three steps. First, the master models the skill for the apprentice. Second, the master coaches the apprentice as he or she attempts to execute the skill. And third, the master “fades” or pulls back as the apprentice is increasingly able to work independently. Over the course of this cycle, the apprentice learns to identify and correct mistakes, and to integrate his or her burgeoning knowledge and skill into a smooth, coordinated performance.
How Cereal Transformed American Culture
During the early 19th century, most Americans subsisted on a diet of pork, whiskey, and coffee. It was hell on the bowels, and to many Christian fundamentalists, hell on the soul, too. They believed that constipation was God’s punishment for eating meat. The diet was also blamed for fueling lust and laziness. To rid America of these vices, religious zealots spearheaded the country’s first vegetarian movement.
100 Facebook friends show up to defend bullied student — and he even gets an apology
In response, more than 50 cars showed up, carrying at least 100 people. And KATU’s Erica Nochlin was there as well with a camera crew in tow.
“It’s just unbelievable,” Parkerson told KATU. “I now know whenever I get bullied I’ll raise my head up and say, ‘Sorry, I have too many friends to think I’m being bullied.'”
And the story just gets better from there. When Parkerson and his new friends approached the unnamed bully, he offered Parkerson a high-five and an apology.
9 easy ways to make a flight attendant go insane
Don’t let our svelte figures, exquisitely tailored uniforms and perfect smiles fool you. You do not want to get on the bad side of the person who serves you food, brings you drinks and keeps you safe when you’re stuck in a tin can flying at 35,000 feet.
I’ve put together a list of the nine things that really get under a flight attendant’s skin. Worst of all these crimes against aviation are so common sense — yet they happen on every single flight.
Sheep Revolt When Police Uproot Marijuana Plants Where Flock Grazed
The Italian media reports that when police from the L’Aquila drug squad descended on the sheep-owner’s land and started to remove the marijuana plants, the sheep became agitated. They followed the police officers carrying the large plants away and attempted to eat them – down to the last leaf.