An ongoing conversation about America, the Middle East, and Jesus

While fear is naturally triggered in all of us throughout our lives, those of us with the essential foundation of self-esteem and faith in the world learn to deal with its trigger in an objective and discrete fashion. What is the source of this fear? Why has it manefest? How to accurately assess and rate the associated danger and its source in the bigger picture? And of course, how to respond in order to return the sense of safety and focus on matters at hand

Every few months, Christ-followers from many nations participate in a 10-day experience of intentionally reaching out to our communities. We strive to share the love of Christ with at least one person per day for the first 10 days of the month. We aren’t asking our team to lead people in a “steps to salvation” plan or to coordinate a dramatic altar call to faith. All we ask is that participants in this 10-day event intentionally show Christ’s love to one person a day — whether through helping a neighbor with a home repair or engaging in conversation with someone asking for money

Those I’ve feared the most, have become those I’ve loved the most. First I was afraid of Vietnamese and communist – I began to work with them serving them in Vietnam, now they are my friends. I may not agree with them on some things and they not with me – but we can respect one another and work together. Once I got over my fear of communist – I thanked God he had me work with them, and not Muslims! They really scared me – then I wound up doing some relief and development work with Muslims and found out they weren’t all radicals and terrorist like I had made them in my mind.

by: Jonathan Moreno, President, Center for Global Strategies
When you see a man wearing a turban across the aisle from you on a plane, what do you think? If all of the ads on the public bus were written in Arabic, how would you respond?
Rethink Bias, a program from the Virginia Interfaith Center, is challenging people

by: Jonathan Moreno, President, Center for Global Strategies
You may remember a series of ads that came out within days of the 9/11 attacks showing images of different people from across America. The people featured each ad represented an incredibly different part of the American culture. There were New York businessmen, children on farms in the