Attached is the 131st issue of the "Our Foundation Newsletter" (January, 2013).
Happy New Year! -
And all the best wishes of the season to you and yours!
Sincerely,
The OFN staff,
Eddie Blender, Calum Thomson and Jeetendra Sharma
May we offer a gift -- A Meditation for the New Year
Nothing that is worth doing
Can be achieved in our lifetime;
Therefore we must be saved by HOPE.
Nothing which is true or beautiful or good
Makes complete sense
In any immediate context of history;
Therefore we must be saved by FAITH.
Nothing we do, however virtuous
Can be accomplished alone;
Therefore we are saved by LOVE.
No virtuous act is quite as virtuous
From the standpoint of
Our friend or foe
As it is from our standpoint.
Therefore we must be saved
By the final form of love
... Which is FORGIVENESS.
- Karl Paul Reinhold Niebuhr (June 21, 1892 - June 1, 1971) was a Protestant social ethicist, preacher, and prolific writer.