Sharing Websites

Tonight we are heading to the Shakira concert, it´s a benefit to raise funds for a school she is building and working to bring some attention to the issue of los desplazados, the displaced people, victims of the conflict here in Colombia
Her website can be accessed at http://www.fundacionpiesdescalzos.com/castellano/index.php

I also was online last night looking through the School of the Americas website, the annual protest is in Ft Benning, GA this weekend to close the School of the Americas. What is interesting is that there is a protest in Bogota this weekend that I will head to as I return to the capital. The website for the work here in Colombia, Christians for Peace with Justice and Dignity is http://www.cristianosporlapaz.info

Our work here is part of these larger peace movements. The church in Colombia I am finding more and more is working to be a part of larger movements, and to be the grassroots change it can be in the places where it is present, living out the gospel each day.

The peacemaking reading for today is Psalm 121
Psalm 121
1I lift up my eyes to the hills— from where will my help come?
2My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
3He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.
4He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
5The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade at your right hand.
6The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
7The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.
8The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore.

This is one of my favorite psalms, so I was happy to see it on the lectionary today. It feels like it has deeper signifigance here in a place where the problems if you allow them to be, can seem insurmountable. The psalm discusses how God is with each one of us, holds each one of us, and allows each one of us to feel peace and security. it is important to remember, as the church here reminds us that no matter what movement we are a part of, they are only a response to what God is doing in our lives, that our ultimate authority and peace can only come from one place.