Links Roundup …

Becky Garrison has a series of free podcasts available – interviews with some interesting people, plus yours truly … They’re related to her new book, Jesus Died for This? – a title that keeps coming to mind these days as I watch the news!
I haven’t posted anything on youtube in a while, but here’s a 1 minute reflection on the news …
Rose Swetman is leading a group to Rwanda to engage with the genocide and issues of reconciliation there. Here’s some info:

Travel with Dr. Rose Madrid Swetman; meet expert Rwandan practitioners and thinkers in the field of Reconciliation, as well as a 3-day Reconciliation workshop with victims and perpetrators of Genocide. Rwandans witnessed one of the most horrific and devastating genocides of all time in 1994, where upwards of 800,000 people were slaughtered in 100 days. Join Bakke students in a 10 day experience of an indepth study of reconciliation through lectures from expert field practitioners, to visiting genocide sites, to a three day reconciliation workshop involving perpetrators and victims of the genocide.

Speaking of Rwanda and reconciliation, and with all the wild animosity flying about the Manhattan mosque, here’s some encouraging news from a Baptist church in Washington, DC, led by one of my favorite pastors, Amy Butler.