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there can be no peace without justice
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01.06.10mennonite brethren celebration 2010I have known walls, 150 year-old walls, erected and fortified by the Mennonite Brethren community of 'believers'. January 6, 1860 - January 6, 2010. Mennonite Brethren celebrate 150 years of their own uniquely Mennonite walls - enclosing, protecting. I bear witness to what I have seen inside the Mennonite “kingdom of peace”: Mennonites who rape their child, Mennonites who enable the rape of that child, Mennonites who turn a blind eye to her agony, and Mennonite 'men of god' who cover up the crimes, who hold the victim accountable to grant them absolution, and who shield the Mennonite perpetrators – ...
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12.31.09ring out, wild bellsRing out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light; The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. Alfred Lord Tennyson - 1850
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12.25.09saying ‘peace, peace’, when there is no peaceChristmas Day - 2009 There can be no peace on earth without justice “For unto us a child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And his name will be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace There will be no end, Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, To order it and establish it with judgement and justice From that time forward, even forever.” (Isaiah 9:6,7) “... we have often been reminded of the words of the Prophet Jeremiah: “They have healed the wound of my people ...
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