Posts by Curtis May
August 2012 Subscriber Letter
August 2012 Dear Reconciler Family, We recently observed Independence Day and celebrated our freedom from tyranny and domination by another country or group of countries. This freedom feels great! However, we can celebrate another kind of freedom every day of every year, always and forever. And there‘s no comparison to that freedom. And that is…
Read MoreJuly 2012 Subscriber Letter
July 2012 Dear Reconciler Family, My wife Jannice and I were invited to New Journey Christian Fellowship in Reno, Nevada for a Reconciliation Weekend by Pastor Ed Kofol. And although we had not been there before, it was as if we knew them well. They were warm and friendly and welcoming of this reconciliation event.…
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June 2012 Dear Reconciler Family, This month I thought I would share with you one of the highlights of a Ministry of Reconciliation Chapter Leaders’ meeting. We invited guest speaker Pastor Charles Burchett of First Baptist Church in Kirbyville, Texas to share some of his experiences as a reconciler. One experience that he shared with…
Read MoreMay 2012 Subscriber Letter
May 2012 Dear Reconciler Family, The last couple of months have been busy ones for ORM as we seek to share the message and gospel of Reconciliation. In March I visited the Queen Street Christian Fellowship in Mt. Sterling, KY. I gave the sermon on reconciliation and then interviewed the two pastors in the photo…
Read MoreORM Chapter Leader in Kosovo
As I write, I am in Kosovo where I will be doing voluntary work. This time, I will again mainly work with women, often widows. Most of them are struggling with unresolved grief, self-worth and trauma. I will stay until end of May. It is a long stretch that may help the women to do a work in depth…
Read MoreApril 2012 Subscriber Letter
April 2012 Dear Reconciler Family, The last few months, weeks and days have been characterized as a media feeding frenzy. A lot has had to do with politics and the presidential election. However, as you well know, an overwhelming amount of it has to do with race. Our great “racial divide” has risen to the…
Read MoreMarch 2012 Subscriber Letter
March 2012 Dear Reconciler Family, On February 4, I spoke in Glendora, California, about ORM’s participation at the Reconciliation and Police Legitimacy Summit, hosted by the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. In many American cities the community and the police are simply at odds, and that especially includes members of ethnic groups who…
Read More“Deputy Sheriff Hardeman, reporting”
Texas has 254 counties so Tarrant County may not stand out in your mind unless you are told that Fort Worth is the country seat. Fort Worth is proud of its legacy of cowboys and cattle drives, aerospace and retail stores. Further out in the county comes the University of Texas at Arlington and the…
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February 2012 Subscriber Letter
February 2012 Dear Reconciler Family, In January I traveled to Washington, D.C. to take part in a Reconciliation and Police Legitimacy Summit at Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), an office of the U.S. Department of Justice. My son, Brad, of the Pasadena Police Department was also invited to attend. We were asked to go by…
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