I am taking a break for a week or so, recharge and refresh ready for the fall. Alas it may be here already, fall that is; lots of people mentioned that ‘feeling’ yesterday.
I leave you with some more text from this document called “Strategic Prayer Strategy”. I am told that this [4 printed page] prayer was read out in the Moravian Church some time this year. A group affiliated with the Shinning Light Ministry [SLM] asked for the use of the church. Some one did not exercise due diligence it would seem, or as is their want, are overly trusting.
I confess the sin of committing and the removal of innocent people from their own land.
The theft of property and the theft of the dignity and freedom people took place. In particular, the removal of the Inuit people from Hebron, the land of their ancestral heritage. I acknowledge on behalf of myself and my family that this involved the sin of usury, exploitation, control, manipulation and intimidation.
We repent, and reject and repent the sin of cannibalism.
I am no theological scholar, why I have trouble even attending weddings and the odd funeral, though when I do attend I enjoy the sound of certain hymns when sung in Inuktut, they have a certain peaceful relaxing sound to them when sung in that language.
But I digress; it seems to me that the confessions of the above and the condemning of past sins run parallel with what the SLM and its affiliates and partner ministries are doing in this modern day. That is: “the sin of usury, exploitation, control, manipulation and intimidation”. One just has to read any of the literature and web sights dedicated to fund-raising to come to this conclusion.
The exploitation and manipulation of the Inuit continues, Yogi Berra was correct, "This is like deja vu all over again."
It is possible, but highly unlikely, that these people are in the know as to what is really going on behind closed doors and hidden away in the bush, what with the mention of cannibalism and you should read the stuff under the heading IDOLATRY. Bloody hell!!!!!!!
Another bit a bad news before signing off: OK Society will be without am Executive Director far an unknown amount of time.
The [just] past ED left town yesterday, sorry to see her departure but thems the breaks.
It was thought than a new ED had been hired and would arrive in short order.
Alas Monday night the ‘to be ED’ called and pulled the plug.
2 comments:
Have a fine " walkabout" Brian. We are truely sorry that we didn't get to visit this summer. We are scheduled to return to Nain next summer on our way to Greenland. We are very anxious to return to see and visit our friends. I look forward to your writings each day, especially about the local stuff around the docks. Cheers, Rick Miles M/S Wanderbird
Enjoy the break, "see" you when you get back on line.
Your comments about the SLM, any organisation that mentions usury, exploitation, control, manipulation, intimidation and CANNIBALISM in their prayers has to be supect. I'm not familiar with this organisation.
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