Soul and Spirit

Is There a Cover-Up at Christian Aid Ministries Regarding Jeriah Mast?

Did they tolerate a known sexual predator on their staff in Haiti?

I don’t know.

I do know this whole thing just makes me sick. It is so evil…and essentially done in the name of Christ.

I know what I’ve read online about Jeriah Mast being a sexual predator and sexual abuser of little boys in Haiti and in the United States.

I know that Jeriah served in Haiti under Christian Aid Ministries (CAM) for many years.

I know that CAM is being accused of a cover-up in some quarters.

I do not personally know the principals involved nor do I know the gal who is blogging extensively about the matter.

I do know that I’m very unsatisfied with and troubled by CAM’s June 11 statement on their website. I hope they get on the ball and offer something more transparent and more point-blank. How come they don’t mention Jeriah Mast by name, for instance? Read it all

Did Michelle Obama and Donald Trump Voluntarily Damn Themselves?

When people don't forgive, what consequences do they suffer?

Mrs. Obama: “I’d never forgive him” (speaking of Mr. Trump).
Mr. Trump’s response: “I’ll never forgive him” (speaking of Mrs. Obama’s husband).HT: https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-fires-back-after-michelle-obama-says-she-wont-forgive-his-birtherism-i-wont-forgive-barack/

Last I read, both the current President and the former first lady say they are Christians.

Then they need to forgive anyone they are refusing to forgive. The Lord Jesus (the Christ in Christians, you know) commands it plainly:

“And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses” (Mark 11:25,26).

I’m sure Michelle Obama and Donald Trump have read or quoted the Lord’s Prayer. Here’s a part that’s easy to coast over glibly, even unwittingly: Read it all

How to Write a Hard Letter

Tips and illustrations for composing a difficult email, SMS, blog, tweet, or status update...

The current issue of World magazine arrived in our mail today. I looked at the photos on the table of contents page, matching them up to their articles. Then I looked at the two-page spread with photos and quotes and stuff. Then I looked at the two articles in the back.

The last article didn’t interest me enough to read it. (Sorry, Marvin!)

But the next-to-the-last article (yes, I’m a Seu fan, I confess), I read. Until I got to this line: Read it all

Hopewell Mennonite Church: Two More Funerals

Marion Schrock and Roger Jones, buried one day apart in our little church cemetery

We have our own cemetery here at Hopewell Mennonite Church. But we rarely have funerals in our meeting house for capacity reasons. Yesterday afternoon, though, we hosted the Oregon funeral for former member Marion Schrock who died in Indiana. And this afternoon we had the funeral for Roger Jones, one of our newest members.

So we have two new graves in our cemetery. Here they are, still empty… Read it all

Above all, love God!
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