Posted in Berlin Wall, culture of peace, nonviolence, peace, prayer, tagged Berlin Wall, prayer on February 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
How prayer took down the Wall
Tonight’s speaker was Christian Führer, the pastor of the Nikolai Kirche in Leipzig, who has been instrumental in the prayer and peaceful resistance movement that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall. I must say I hung on this guy’s lips from beginning to end.
In the beginning of the [...]
Posted in Hitler, prayer, tagged Hitler, prayer on February 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Bethel, near Bielefeld in Germany, is a small town consisting almost exclusively of hospitals. It was founded by Pastor Friedrich von Bodelschwingh.
For more than one hundred years, destitute and sick people have found an ever open door, and a warm welcome in this oasis. The von Bodelschwingh family is still the guardian of [...]
