Just a short video to honor this great saint

“Kedija” and “Musa” are both former Muslims who have suffered separation from their families in Ethiopia because of their decision to follow Jesus. Both have been persecuted because of their refusal to return to Islam. You’ll hear their amazing stories of how they came to Christ and how a tentmakers project funded by believers in Canada and Scotland is allowing them to be missionaries in areas of an east African nation that is hostile to Christianity.

from VOM C

Ethiopia: Hand Up, Not Hand Out

Just a couple of short videos on how popes become popes.

[Part of this article was originally published in February 2009.]

I’m not sure why my thoughts strayed to piano teaching the other morning when I was praying. (Why do my thoughts ever stray at that time? A perennial question.  Sigh.)  I recalled my conversation with Angela about the “hard parts” needing more practice than the “easy parts.”

“Think about it, honey,” I said.

“If some measures are really easy for you, and some give you lots of trouble, how does it help to just start at the beginning and play the piece straight through?  You’d always be playing the easy parts just as much as you do the hard ones.”

O filmare din partea jurnalistului britanic Dylan Winter, in voiajul sau cu barca in jurul insulei britanice in 2010.

This astonishing sequence was filmed by wild life cameraman and travel journalist Dylan Winter who is currently sailing around the UK in an 18 foot boat (2010). You can follow his journey and see more of his work at http://www.keepturningleft.co.uk. Music: Pachebel by the London Symphony Orchestra.

And another video, also by Dylan Winter http://www.keepturningleft.co.uk.

Otmoor, Near Oxford England