For Sunday April 22nd, 2018

Hello everyone, violence evolves slowly, the Rwandan civil war of the 1990s was decades in the making. Long simmering tensions, rather than being resolved, were inflamed by hardliners. A million people died in a genocide spurred by 'hate-radio' broadcasts. The broadcasts mocked, dehumanized, and finally culminated in one saying, "Sharpen your machetes, it's time to kill your neighbors."  

That's a difficult past to come to terms with.

So now, twenty-four years later, a different theme is being presented. A radio soap opera has recently premiered which focuses on reconciliation. It has been wildly successful at changing attitudes and behaviors in just a few months, but it's only a beginning.

May we search our hearts as we sit this Sunday, this Earth Day. May our own hardline or conciliatory desires become clear to us. May we promote that which leads to Oneness.

Thank you,

Richard