About a week ago, the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court arrived in Kenya to present charges against the Kenyan Government for crimes against humanity, in reaction to the government’s involvement in the post-election violence.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06/world/africa/06kenya.html?_r=1&ref=world
Pray that these charges prove a turning point in Kenyan politics and in the socio-ethnic fabric of the country. There is a real chance here for justice to be served. Pray that the minds and hearts of the leaders turn to the wellbeing of their people, not to their own payroll. It is through patience and prayer that we will persevere in the face of overt and unmitigated evil. Let us seek to be peace makers in this process and not react with anger and aggression for that will only perpetuate the problem.
There is already evidence that tribes in Kenya are arming themselves in preparation for the elections in 2012. Pray for this country and for those on the ground, working to sow peace and reconciliation.
Books that I’m reading this very moment:
The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier.
Becoming the Answer to our Prayers by Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove.
Go and shake the complacency of capitalist culture; serve the poor and do so with glad hearts; seek justice and peace; add your small voice to the growing current that rages against the dying of goodness, don’t wait till tomorrow and do not fear systems larger than yourself…as shane claiborne so poetically put it, even grass can crack concrete.
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