An angel wtih paper wings

I went to see a play yesterday that was both inspirational and disturbing, “My name is Rachel Corrie”. It tells about the story of Rachel Corrie, a girl from Olympia, Washington, USA, who travels to Palestine to serve as a human shield and brutally gets killed as she is run over by a bulldozer when she is trying to prevent the demolition of the home of a Palestinian family. What I found inspirational was to see the purity of her heart and her willingness to give her life for another (by Jesus terms, there is no greater love, John 15:13 “Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends”). What I found disturbing is that I had never even heard of her. Our media is covered with information of the whimsical, pity inspiring behavior of a spoiled and confused little girl (take Britney Spears of Paris Hilton for example) and we can totally ignore the heroic voice of one like Rachel Corrie. Go to www.rachelcorriefoundation.org to learn more. The foundation encourages and supports grassroots efforts in pursuit of human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice, which they view as pre-requisites for world peace.

Thank you Therés for a wonderful cultural evening! Then we went on to a concert to see a Chilean/Swedish artist who goes by the name El Perro del Mar (The dog from the sea) who had the stage filled with huge old lamps which created a wonderful atmosphere.