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Sunday Inspiration: Convictions
Doesn’t matter what the press says. Doesn’t matter what the politicians or the mobs say. Doesn’t matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is something right. This nation was founded on one principle above all else: the requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world – “No, you move.”
—Steve Rogers (aka Captain America)
Sunday Inspiration: Humility
Humility, after the first shock, is a cheerful virtue.
—C. S. Lewis
Sunday Inspiration: Joy
Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.
—Henri Nouwen
Sunday Inspiration: Suffering
Above all shadows rides the sun.
—Samwise Gamgee (via J. R. R. Tolkien)
Sunday Inspiration: The Pen Is Mightier…
I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.
—Alexandre Dumas
Sunday Inspiration: Humanity
When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.
—Desmond Tutu
Sunday Inspiration: Letting Go
As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.
—Nelson Mandela
Sunday Inspiration: Truth and Love
The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.
—William Sloane Coffin Jr.
Sunday Inspiration: Books
A book is a dream that you hold in your hands.
—Neil Gaiman
Something You Can Do for Liberia’s Ebola Crisis
Care for One Hundred is a response to the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, especially Liberia. On August 13, 2014, the World Health Organization identified Liberia as the new epicenter of the crisis. That means that Liberia is the nation where the most new cases of Ebola are showing up.
Given the depressed Liberian economy, most Liberians subsist on one meal a day. We have calculated that for less than $0.35 a day we can provide one good meal of rice and beans. Provisions also will include oil and seasoning. For $1,000 USD we can Care for One Hundred for one month.
