Posted on July 6, 2009 by Mark Riessen
It’s a foolish thought I know but Jesus teaches such outrageous concepts. The only way to bring about change in our world splintered by hatred, greed, war and suffering is not with a pile of guns and bombs and a bunch of threatening words in a diplomatic showdown. The only way to truly bring about [...]
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Posted on July 3, 2009 by Mark Riessen
Claude Nikondeha set the context brilliantly in his opening address on the first night of Amahoro. It set the tone for the conference and spoke prophetically into a broader context in which many find themselves. Quoting Richard Rohr he said ‘pain, if not transformed is transmitted’. This for myself and my Australian colleagues became the [...]
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