http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/outreach/ en-us Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:44:13 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406071/posts This video is arranged with a short instrumental medley of the hymns; Softly and Tenderly, Lord I’m Coming Home! Also with an animated hummingbird! o7jimmy Youtube Classic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2406071/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:44:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405241/posts Animated tropical puffer fish with a inspiring message! o7jimmy Youtube Classic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2405241/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:10:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394542/posts President Obama continued his outreach to the world's Muslims today, sending greetings to pilgrims to Mecca. .... "Michelle and I would like to send our best wishes to all those performing Hajj this year, and to Muslims in America and around the world who are celebrating Eid-ul-Adha. The rituals of Hajj and Eid-ul-Adha both serve as reminders of the shared Abrahamic roots of three of the world’s major religions," Obama said in a statement. "During Hajj, the world’s largest and most diverse gathering, three million Muslims from all walks of life – including thousands of American Muslims – will stand... Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2394542/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:36:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2390476/posts You notice he's not going to Ft. Hood to build bridges to our troops or kissing the wounds of our brave soldiers. Dinah Lord http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2390476/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:00:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2387832/posts The day after he was elected then President-elect Barack Obama sent Anti-Israel adviser Robert Mally to reach out to Syria. WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Presidential-elect Barack Obama has promised to improve U.S. relations with Egypt and Syria. Aides said Obama had sent senior foreign policy adviser Robert Malley to Egypt and Syria over the last few weeks to outline the Democratic candidate's policy on the Middle East. The aides said Malley, who served in the administration of President Bill Clinton, relayed a pledge from Obama that the United States would seek to enhance relations with Cairo as well as reconcile with... Counterterrorism/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2387832/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:40:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2385434/posts Red shoulder hawk animation singing a Christian song, This Little Light of Mine! Song sung by Revski - o7jimmy! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2385434/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:27:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367017/posts HERAT, Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2009 – Men, women and children from villages near here came to a cooperative medical engagement near Camp Zafar to receive medical care Oct. 6 through 8. U.S. and Italian medical personnel apply lotion to an Afghan child’s face during a cooperative medical engagement near Camp Stone, Afghanistan, Oct. 7, 2009. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marc I. Lane  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Afghan soldiers and civilian medical personnel, with the assistance of Italian, Spanish and U.S. forces, treated more than 300 people every day of the event. The Afghan army sent... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367017/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:37:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2340024/posts What Nick Vujicic lacks in stature, he makes up for in faith. Vujicic, a 26-year-old man born without arms or legs, spoke about hope and faith in Jesus Christ to approximately 5,000 people at the Salt Palace Convention Center on Saturday night. Vujicic is using his unique situation to spread the message of being born again in Christ. An Australian native, Vujicic now resides in California where he runs his Christian ministry Life Without Limbs. “The world sees something special in a man without arms and legs,” Vujicic said. “I love being able to be used by God.” People’s reasons... BYU Daily Universe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2340024/posts#comment Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:55:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2333585/posts And in a big way. A lot of you have seen the great ads produced by a group called Catholics Come Home. The ads, evidently, are working. And spreading. From the Los Angeles Times: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento is home to nearly 1 million Catholics. On a typical Sunday, less than 137,000 can be found in church. Now, using a strategy straight from the secular playbook, its leaders hope to lure back those who have drifted. The diocese and nearly a dozen others across the country are preparing to air several thousand prime-time TV commercials in English and... Deacon's Bench http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2333585/posts#comment Sun, 6 Sep 2009 22:50:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327031/posts WASHINGTON – The U.S. military is bungling its outreach to the Muslim world and squandering good will by failing to live up to its promises, the nation's highest-ranking military officer wrote Friday. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said there is too much emphasis on telling the U.S. story and not enough on building trust and credibility. "We hurt ourselves and the message we are trying to send when it appears we are doing something merely for the credit," Mullen wrote in an essay published in a military journal. "We hurt ourselves more when our words... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327031/posts#comment Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:55:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2324905/posts Sacramento, Calif., Aug 26, 2009 / 01:31 am (CNA).- Hoping to encourage at least 100,000 non-practicing Catholics to return to church, the Diocese of Sacramento is preparing a “come home” advertising campaign for this December and January. At Mass over the next several weeks, church leaders will outline the program and ask parishioners to help pay for the ads. The ads are produced by the Catholics Come Home project."There's a large number of people who have left the church and are waiting for an invitation to come back," Msgr. James Murphy, vicar general of the diocese, told the Sacramento... cna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2324905/posts#comment Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:31:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2324004/posts Sacramento Catholic leaders hope TV commercials will achieve what the diocese has struggled to do for years: bring lapsed Catholics back to the church. In a series of feel-good commercials promoting the church, diocesan leaders are reaching out to Catholics who may not have attended church in years. It is the first time in recent memory the Sacramento Diocese has launched an advertising campaign. "There's a large number of people who have left the church and are waiting for an invitation to come back," said Monsignor James Murphy, vicar general of the diocese. "This is their invitation." The Sacramento Diocese... The Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2324004/posts#comment Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:20:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2322363/posts "The questions [people are asking] have changed quite significantly in the past 30 years," he told me. "It used to be, 'Is there a God?' and now it's 'What I know about God I don't like.' Their biggest complaint is that God acts in morally inferior ways compared to us." Not only that, but the God who appears in the Bible is especially offensive. The God who gets communicated to the young sounds vengeful and angry and over-anxious to consign people to hell, plus he gets all wrought up about divorce, homosexuality and whether people sleep together before marriage --... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2322363/posts#comment Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:43:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2318559/posts by Debra Medina, Republican candidate for Governor of Texas It’s a shame isn’t it, that Republicans continue to ignore Hispanics especially here in Texas? The writing has long been on the wall that unless the GOP begins to better work with Latinos, the GOP will continue to lose races and be a minority party. It is equally important, of course, for the Latino community to realize that true political identity will be achieved only through participation in all national party structures - Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Independent, etc. We are not all the same and we shouldn’t all be attracted to... TheCypressTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2318559/posts#comment Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:03:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2312096/posts It took a couple of pints of Shock Top ale, but eventually Danyelle Price knew what she wanted to ask her pastor about the book of Psalms...Price, 31, was sitting in the Tavern bar with about 20 members of an after-church gathering called Austin Inklings and hosted by Immanuel Church. Like several other groups in Austin, the Inklings pair drinking with spontaneous dialogue about faith. Price said she thinks such groups should be called "Christians like beer, too." Statesman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2312096/posts#comment Sun, 9 Aug 2009 21:11:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2306312/posts Poll: If Jesus were on earth today in bodily form, would he frequent bars and pubs to befriend "sinners"? A Daily Poll A Daily Poll http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2306312/posts#comment Sun, 2 Aug 2009 04:29:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305301/posts Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Thursday urged fellow Republicans to welcome outsiders into the party ranks, not scorn them, as the GOP rebuilds from defeats that left the White House and Congress in Democratic hands. The potential 2012 presidential candidate, addressing a meeting of the Republican National Committee, appealed to members to build bridges to independents and conservative-leaning Democrats that would win converts and, in turn, elections. To move forward at a time when Republican numbers are shrinking in many states, the party should show "respect of those who don't agree with us," Pawlenty said. "Let's make sure that we... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2305301/posts#comment Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:42:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2298124/posts Dearest, Beloved, and Everlasting God; It the past, it has been wonderfully nice to talk to you on my knees in prayer and it has always been a divine blessing to talk to you about the values of life and the fullness of family; my Beloved God Almighty, it has always seemed like you have had such great wisdom and optimism to give throughout the very fibre of my being! I know that it has been years since I actually set down and wrote you a letter through prayer from the heart; yet, I have at times been afraid to... International Catholic Evangelistic Association (ICEA): Letter to Adonai (with Testimony) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2298124/posts#comment Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:14:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2294397/posts Exodus Youth, part of the evangelical ministry Exodus International that deals with the issue of homosexuality, is aiming to reverse a "disturbing" trend seen across churches and perceived widely by young Americans – that the Church is anti-homosexual. Homosexuality is a topic that churches are still struggling to address in a culture that is increasingly accepting gay and lesbian lifestyles. It's a struggle that hasn't come across to many Americans in a positive light. "I think for a long time, the church just hasn't known how to talk about homosexuality," said Exodus Youth Director Scott Davis. "They've been very uncomfortable... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2294397/posts#comment Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:21:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2291085/posts My 16 year old daughter made this video to a song she loves by Sarah Kelley, Living Hallelujah! Enjoy... YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2291085/posts#comment Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:49:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286551/posts Rick Warren on July 4th spoke at the Islamic society of North America’s annual conference (ISNA.) Warren talked about Christians and Muslims working together to fight what he calls the big five, spiritual emptiness, corrupt leadership, extreme poverty, pandemic disease, and illiteracy or lack of education. This sounds good until you think about it for a second.   Even though everyone should want the best for themselves and their neighbors, there is something wrong with what Warren proposes. We should love our neighbors but Warren seems to have has his priorities all wrong. The Gospel is the first priority but... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2286551/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 16:14:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286459/posts WASHINGTON, DC – Defying some of his fellow conservative Christian critics, one of the most prominent religious leaders in the country told several thousand American Muslims on Saturday that "the two largest faiths on the planet" must work together to combat stereotypes and solve global problems. "Some problems are so big you have to team tackle them," evangelical megachurch pastor Rick Warren addressed the annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). Warren said Muslims and Christians should be partners in working to end what he calls "the five global giants" of war, poverty, corruption, disease, and illiteracy.... One News Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286459/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:52:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283604/posts Irrespective of race, it seems that nowadays the primary question asked when deciding which party to support is, “What will you do for me (and my downtrodden brethren)?” Looking at the “comments” section of an article about diversifying the GOP, it’s clear that for many African Americans, the answer expected from and assumed of Republicans is: nothing. (One of Asim’s reader’s comments: ” The Republican Party has not done anything in recent time to warrant an AFRICAN AMERICAN caring about it.”) This despite the fact that it was Richard Nixon who signed the first major application of affirmative action into... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283604/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 21:49:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2281339/posts Please view the link below; enter a birth date and watch Anthem V1 & V2. http://cervezatecate.com/ Why in the HELL is the RNC not all over this demographic with commercials like this. Hispanics/Mexicans, whomever are ardent conservatives and the RNC has not reached them. These ads run during Friday Night Fights on ESPN. Large waves of southern immigration are changing our politics, and most Republicans believe the most effective way to reach them- which we know doesn't work- is to reward lawbreakers with citizenship and hope for the best. And please don't call us racists or we're gonna cry and... Tecate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2281339/posts#comment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:56:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2276504/posts Islamic Society convention lands appearance from Rick WarrenThe Indiana-based Islamic Society of North America will be holding its annual convention -- the largest yearly gathering of Muslims on the continent -- in Washington, D.C. over the Fourth of July weekend. And while convention leaders are holding out hope that President Barack Obama might make the convention his latest stop in his outreach to the Muslim world, the convention has landed another pretty big fish as a featured speaker.Purpose-Driven pastor Rick Warren has agreed to appear at the convention and be part of its main session discussing the convention's theme --... Worldview Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2276504/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:36:45 GMT