The examples that Churck Colson gives may be American, but the message is just as relevant to Canada. In this video, reference is made to a study called Kudzu Government. We highly recommend that you check it out (click here) and consider printing off a copy. It will be a great resource to go through personally, as a family, or a Bible Study.
In this ARPA Canada video tutorial (below), we explain the steps that legislation has to take to become law. This is helpful to better understand the news and action items that we provide about particular bills in Parliament. Please send us your feedback or suggestions for future video tutorials -
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Free Social justice tutorials: For Group Study (available both online and as a DVD/booklet). Click here.
OTTAWA, June 10 /CNW/ - Thousands of Aboriginal individuals are assembling in Ottawa to release this weekend the forgiveness that Prime Minister Stephen Harper requested in 2008. The Prime Minister concluded his apology for Indian Residential Schools by requesting "the forgiveness of the aboriginal peoples of this country for failing them so profoundly."
"At that moment" says Chief Kenny Blacksmith, "the onus was placed on our people as individuals to respond. The only way to come into our full healing as the First Peoples of Canada is to forgive. Forgiveness is not political; it cannot be bought or sold; it cannot be legislated. It is an individual choice that can break the generational cycle of victimization and accusation." [Keep read this article, and learn more about this gathering, here. Read EFC's thoughts here.]
The Heritage Foundation is offering a quality resource, both in print and online, at no cost. Seek Social Justice is a small group study that includes 6 lessons and features leaders like Chuck Colson, Star Parker, Al Mohler, and more. Each lesson includes a short video and accompanying .
Last week, the third of three allegedly independent inquiries into last fall's Climategate scandal at Britain's Climate Research Unit (CRU) was concluded. Like the other two, it found troubling behaviour by the scientists at the CRU or by the University of East Anglia, of which the CRU is a part -- most notably attempts to hide data from critics and from government investigators. [Read more]
Lorne Gunter, National Post, July 16, 2010: