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    Showing posts with label religion. Show all posts
    Showing posts with label religion. Show all posts

    19 Jun 2010

    Journey to Mecca - Watch the Trailer

    The film Journey to Mecca  is about Ibn Battuta, a great explorer of the 14th century, whose journey started 1325 in Tangier and ended 1326 in Mecca. It was an adventure, dramatic and perilous, marking the first Hajj (annual pilgrimage to Mecca) as made by millions of Muslims today. Watch the trailer here.

    3 Mar 2010

    Mother Teresa & Confidence

    "Mother Teresa's famous observation that she knew God would never giver her a heavier burden than she could carry, but sometimes she wished He didn't have so much confidence in her." (Bill Clinton, My Life, 2002)

    7 Dec 2009

    2. Advent Quote

    "....from the Eleventh chapter of Hebrews. It begins, 'Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." (from Clinton's My Life, page 878)