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About Us

This is the blog page for Church of the Cross in Mahomet, IL.  This page is intended to generate helpful and intentional discussion among members of our church throughout the week, continue our conversations between gatherings, and provide helpful resources to our members.  

All who stumble upon this discussion are invited to join in.

 

Global Issues

Serving People in a Pluralistic World

Monday, May 12th, 2008

This entry is intended to generate discussion of the following question, inspired by our recent viewing of Invisible Children: In a pluralistic world, where much philanthropy is undertaken by non-Christians, whom do we partner with to serve the poor and oppressed, and how do we make those decisions?  Or, another way to put the question, what do we [...]

Invisible Children

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

Invisible Children is the movie we watched in our community group tonight.  It is a documentary dealing with the issue of children in Uganda being abducted into a barbaric rebel army and the plight of those who seek to avoid capture and those who escape. 
If you saw this movie with us, what did you think [...]

Myanmar

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Regarding the cyclone in Myanmar, the death toll keeps rising.  This is from the Associated Press:
A news broadcast on government-run radio said Tuesday that 22,464 people have now been confirmed dead and thousands more are missing.
Yes, this is the same Myanmar that was in the news a few short months ago for this…