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		<title>Beautiful Slave</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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There are more people in slavery today than at any time in human history – 27 million.
This growth in the number of slaves is driven by the population explosion, widespread impoverishment of people and their resulting vulnerability, and government corruption so that people are not protected from the violence of enslavement.
Recently I took a small [...]


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		<title>Good News from Africa</title>
		<link>http://otiumsanctum.com/2009/07/16/good-news-from-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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What good can come out of Africa? What hope is there? Africa has often been termed the &#8220;dark continent&#8221; &#8211; and not because of the colour of some of its people! Or during the 19th century, the &#8220;white man&#8217;s graveyard&#8221; because of those within missions who went out there and died within a few years, [...]


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		<title>Bono on&#8230;Christians and our need to get real</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bono talks to Bill Hybels about his faith, Christians, grace and about getting real



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		<title>Out of Manenberg</title>
		<link>http://otiumsanctum.com/2009/03/05/out-of-manenberg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sonelta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever visited Cape Town? Seen Table Mountain, Robben Island, Cape Point, Penguin colonies, Baboons, Kirstenbosch gardens, Informal settlements&#8230;and yes&#8230;the &#8220;street children&#8221;&#8230;but lets not talk about them&#8230; Cape Town is beautiful, It is still one of my favourite places. Yet, the reality of life for many is far from the idyllic life we experience [...]


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		<title>The Micah Challenge &#8211; Get Involved</title>
		<link>http://otiumsanctum.com/2009/02/25/the-micah-challenge-get-involved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sonelta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing on from yesterdays post &#8211; &#8220;What can 1 person do?&#8221; I was pointed to the Micah Challenge website in Australia where there are some great suggestions for how you can personally get involved with the challenge of halving poverty by 2015. Here is what they have to say:

Get Involved
It&#8217;s great that you&#8217;re thinking about [...]


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		<title>What can 1 person do?</title>
		<link>http://otiumsanctum.com/2009/02/24/what-can-1-person-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After watching the initial youtube video on &#8220;The Micah Challenge&#8220;, I was left wondering what one person can do? What can I personally do? So often we can be left feeling quite helpless when we watch appeals to help nations/people who are suffering in poverty. Micah Challenge answered my question (in part at least) with [...]


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		<title>The Micah Challenge&#8230;Halving Poverty by 2015</title>
		<link>http://otiumsanctum.com/2009/02/21/the-micah-challengehalving-poverty-by-2015/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sonelta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8230;what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God&#8221;Micah 6:8
The Micah Challenge, is a global movement of Christians that seek to speak out, with a common voice, against the injustices of poverty. It unites countries in the North and South as they [...]


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		<title>Our Blood is the Same Colour!</title>
		<link>http://otiumsanctum.com/2009/01/27/our-blood-is-the-same-colour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sonelta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An inspiring message from a region of controversy! What struck me the most was the phrase &#8220;Our blood is the same colour&#8230;&#8221; Around the world today, not just with Gaza and Israel, intense struggles consume many on the basis of race, sex, age, ability, and various other claims. Yet under the surface we are all [...]


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		<title>&gt;Maps of War &#8211; 5000yrs of religion in 90 seconds</title>
		<link>http://otiumsanctum.com/2009/01/17/maps-of-war-5000yrs-of-religion-in-90-seconds-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sonelta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[>How has the geography of religion evolved over the centuries, and where has it sparked wars? I found a map that gives you a brief history of the world&#8217;s most well-known religions: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. Selected periods of inter-religious bloodshed are also highlighted. Want to see 5,000 years of religion in 90 [...]


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		<title>Africa needs God&#8230;Says Atheist!</title>
		<link>http://otiumsanctum.com/2008/12/27/africa-needs-godby-an-atheist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sonelta</dc:creator>
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&#8220;Missionaries, not aid money, are the solution to Africa&#8217;s biggest problem &#8211; the crushing passivity of the people&#8217;s mindset.&#8221;
Matthew Parris, is a convinced atheist and columnist for The Times of London. Recently he visited his boyhood home of Malawi (formerly Nyasaland) and found himself confronted by a conviction that he’s been trying to &#8220;Banish&#8221; for most of [...]


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