Archive for June, 2007
« Previous EntriesPhantom Dreaming: The Schwinn Phantom
Friday, June 29th, 2007The Schwinn Phantom was a dream come
true.
Schwinn Phantom
It was sleek and sensual. Chrome fenders. Swooping black frame trimmed in red with white pinstripes. It had a tear drop light, wide white wall tires and a wrap-around reflector on the rear package tray. A horn was mounted inside the frame tank and [...]
Global Mistrust versus Global Partnership: Muslim-Christian Cooperation Bridges the Gap
Thursday, June 28th, 2007The news that the U.S. faces more distrust
highlights the importance of global partnerships such as the pact just signed by
United Methodist Committee on Relief and Muslim Aid.
The world is more distrustful of U.S. leadership according to a survey by the Pew Global Attitudes Project and the image of the United States continues to decline, a [...]
UMCOR-Muslim Aid Partnership Launch
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007A partnership between the United Methodist
Committee on Relief and Muslim Aid was launched today in the House of Commons,
London.
Mr. Saif Ahmad, CEO, Muslim Aid, Mr. Farooq Murad, Pres. Muslim Aid, Hon. Stephen Timms, MP, Gen. Sec. Randy Day, UMCOR, Bishop Edward Paup, Pres. UMCOR
A landmark partnership between the United Methodist Committee on Relief and Muslim [...]
Christians-Muslims: What Keeps Them Going is Faith
Monday, June 25th, 2007Christians and Muslims were told by Mr. Farooq
Murad, Chairman of Muslim Aid, that they share much in common.
“What keeps us going?” Farooq Murad, Chairperson of Muslim Aid, asked a group of United Methodist Christians and Muslims at a meeting in London today.
“Our faith,” he answered.
The group, representing the United Methodist Committee on Relief [...]
Christian-Muslim Pact
Sunday, June 24th, 2007Muslim Aid and United Methodist Committee on
Relief announce partnership agreement.
The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) and Muslim Aid will announce an agreement on Tuesday in London to partner in relief and development. The agreement recognizes work on the ground that is already benefitting tsunami-affected people in Sri Lanka.
UMCOR is the arm of The [...]
Saving Africa
Saturday, June 16th, 2007Joe Nocera asks if a vision can save
Africa?
They wrap them in white linen and lower them into the ground. The small white clumps look like loaves of bread, innocent, clean and lifeless. I’ve stood by and watched as the dead children of Africa are covered with earth. Mothers weep. Fathers hang [...]
Religion Culture and Decline
Saturday, June 16th, 2007Two pieces caught my eye this week. The decline
of baptisms in the Southern Baptist Convention and the closing of a seminary
preparatory in Chicago.
The closing of a preparatory seminary for Roman Catholic boys in Chicago and the decline in baptisms in the Southern Baptist denomination caught my eye this week. Convervaives have been in [...]
Analyzing Media Coverage
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007Prime Minister Tony Blair says media coverage
today is degrading community life.
The damage saps the country’s confidence and self-belief–Prime MinisterTony Blair
When outgoing Prime Minister Tony Blair told journalists yesterday that increasing competition and pressure from rapidly evolving new technology is “unraveling” journalistic standards, he called attention to an issue that resonates.
Blair said sensation, shock and controversy [...]
Global Health Perspective
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007The changing practice of journalism is also
affecting how global health is covered.
When you read a story about a global health issue have you asked yourself, “Who’s the primary actor and who’s the recipient?” Reading Christine Gorman’s remarks to the Global Health Council on her blog, Global Health Report, caught me up short. [...]
Bill Frist on Global Health
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007Sen. Bill Frist says global health is a way to
promote peace.
In an interview in The Tennessean today Sen. Bill Frist says he will work on global health in the coming days and he calls health the “currency of peace.” Frist said he will join Save the Children in a major initiative–yet to [...]