Tag: United Nations

• Mark 4:26-34: The Mystery of Kingdom – Part V

  
  

  Mark 4:26-34: The Mystery of Kingdom – Part V

  Saturday, June 25, 2022

  Today we continue our exploration of the kingdom by going to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations web site. Find other sources of information on world hunger and consider the pros and cons. What does Jesus say to us on this subject?  How does God’s Spirit move us to celebrate humanity and those who call us to sow and reap a harvest for the poor?

  Click on the image above to discover what may endanger the Mediterranean diet, the diet long considered the world’s healthiest and most sustainable regimen. Discover what science has to tell us about the factors that affect hunger.

  Tomorrow, another challenge from the kingdom. 

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  If we want to find another parable that Jesus tells us while exploring this idea, we may want to use a parable index like the one at http://www.ccel.org/contrib/exec_outlines/pa.htm This is a tool to sort through the stories Jesus tells us and you may have another that you want to recommend in a comment.

  Or you may want to use the Connecting at Noon page on this blog for ideas about how to explore scripture as we listen for words from God: https://thenoontimes.com/connecting-at-noon/

   

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  June 25, 2022

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• Deuteronomy 11:18-21: The Interior Law – Part VI

  
  

  Tuesday, March 2, 2021

  Deuteronomy 11:18-21

  The Interior Law – Part VI

  Therefore, take these words of mine into your heart and soul. Bind then at your wrist as a sign, and let them be a pendant on your forehead. 

  We study Hammurabi’s Code; we memorize the Ten Commandments; we risk all that we have to create constitutions that guarantee security and liberty; we come together as nations to proclaim that children have universal rights; we preach our own set of laws each day in the way we interact with others.

  Teach them to your children, speaking of them at home and abroad, whether you are busy or at rest. 

  We pass along the good and the bad, the graced and the terrible; we live our own Gospel as we go about our work and play.

  And write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates, so that, as long as the heavens are above the earth, you and your children may live on the land which the Lord swore to your fathers he would give you.

  It is a great irony that so much violence takes place in the name of God. Let us consider these words today and determine to live an exterior life that enacts the love of God who lives within each of us.

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  For more on the UN Declaration of the Universal Rights of Children adopted in 1959, go to: https://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/humanrights/resources/child.asp

  To learn more about UNICEF and corporate responsibility, or International Children’s Day, click on the images above or go to: http://www.unicef.org/csr/ or http://www.ecpat.net/news?page=1

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