Wow! Questiond and insight is great! Feel free to keep on going. Good questions is poweful to create movement :-)
All the best from Hege 19. nov. 2015 kl. 09:50 skrev Carmela Ariza <[email protected]>: > Some more questions > > What opportunities for change do the current situation offer to us? > > Going beyond sympathy: how can we respond with empathy? > > In the cycle of violence - who are we? In what way are we a part of this? > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > On Wednesday, November 18, 2015, 9:40 PM, Brett Barndt via OSList > <[email protected]> wrote: > > My favorite question is what role have we all played in creating this crisis? > > i.e. sitting by while funding from global oil industry partners outside our > national judicial systems funded religious extremism in many countries now > experiencing turmoil over silent decades, our own govts created instability > through financial support of abusive dictatorships, wars, and occupation, and > arms were transported into Syria over supposedly NATO controlled borders > under various guises, etc. over several years while our mainstream media and > elected officials failed to tell us loud and clear, but while Syrian exiles > were trying to sound that alarm, etc. > > How can our new knowledge about all these connections and our own part in it > give us a sense of power and commitment to actually change things using our > democratic or other social institutions like our faith communities now that > we do know? > > When people of faith and ethical motivation engage themselves and take > responsibility for changing things, the elected and other institutions > implicated in these crises will see permanent and deep reform. Not before. > > Good luck. Yours is a very worthwhile project! > > On Nov 18, 2015 9:05 AM, "Hege Steinsland via OSList" > <[email protected]> wrote: > Can I ask for input on this… > > What are the good questions for a community or a Church to ask oneself in > todays refugee- situation. > Questions that can generate insight, energy and hope… > > I wonder… > > Hege > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
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