April 2010 Subscriber Letter

April 2010

Dear Reconcilers,

Thank you so much for your good work in the Lord.  It will never be forgotten.  In the midst of all the bickering and the divisiveness in our country you continue to “stay the course in Jesus.”

As I look out over the political landscape in our country I’m reminded of the famous poem “If” by Rudyard Kipling which appeared in his collection, Rewards and Fairies, in 1909.  Here is a portion of it:

• If you can keep your head when all about you
• Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
• If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
• But make allowance for their doubting too:
• If you can wait but not be tired by waiting,
• Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
• Or being hated don’t give way to hating,
• And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;
• …Yours is the earth and everything that’s in it,
• And – which is more – you’ll be a man, my son!

It’s so great to know that during this wonderful time of Easter we can commemorate the awesome Life, Death, Resurrection and Ascension of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who has all the answers to our issues and disagreements. For He is the Word, the Final Word!

Jannice and I traveled to the southeastern part of the country where I toured the MLK Civil Rights Center in Atlanta.

Jannice conducted a Connecting and Bonding conference for ministers’ wives in Lexington, Kentucky, and I toured the Underground Railroad in Flushing, Ohio, along with a friend, John Halford, editor of Christian Odyssey magazine.  The founder and curator, Dr. John Mattox, was kind enough to take us on a personal tour of this very authentic three-story museum.  It contains thousands of artifacts, documents and pictures, and Dr. Mattox allows tourists to touch and handle these materials for impact.  If you ever have the opportunity it would be more than worth your time.

After passing some ORM literature to Dr. Mattox he wrote the following:  “After meeting Curtis May from the Office of Reconciliation Ministries, he has given me and others around the world knowledge and appreciation that will help different cultures better understand the principles which faith-based counseling considers.  Curtis’ life story gives him the will and wisdom to lead in Christian counseling.”  He added, “I would like to use these teachings in my prison ministry.”

Of course I approved.  Our aim is the spread of the ministry and gospel of reconciliation.  You play a major role in the process.  Thank you so much for your prayers and financial support.

Until next time, God loves you and so do I.

Curtis May