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Dear ORM Reconcilers, In my March letter, I focused on the way the world came together following the death of beloved basketball player Kobe Bryant. Little did I know that my May letter would be about a health crisis that would once again bring the world together, without respect to color or age. The entire…

Dear ORM Reconcilers, I am sure you will enjoy the April letter written by our guest contributor, Neil Earle. Jannice and I wish you a Happy Easter. RESURRECTION HOPE April is usually the month when Western Christians commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Easter vividly reminds us of the One whom Herod…

Dear Reconcilers, February is Black History Month. We thought this would be a good time to highlight three of our chapter leaders who have stepped up to make a difference in their congregations and their communities. We will be looking back in order to move forward. In 1999, Tom Pickett started working in reconciliation in…

Dear ORM Reconciler, Another year has come and gone. I would like to wish you and your family a safe and happy year. One evening last month, I looked out of my kitchen window and saw a large, bright moon. The next day I heard it was the last full moon of the decade. That…

Dear ORM Reconcilers, Recently, I went to see a movie about the life of Harriet Tubman. She was known as the “Conductor of the Underground Railroad,” after having escaped slavery herself, with the help of a kind white lady. As a free woman, Ms. Tubman decided to go to Pennsylvania, and later moved to Philadelphia, where she…

Dear ORM Reconcilers,                                                               Recently, I was thinking about Jesus, focusing on His willingness to come from heaven to earth to live and die for us human beings. This thought came to mind after I read a magazine article about the U.S. Navy SEALS, an elite military unit that is trained to face the most…

Dear ORM Reconcilers, As the nation came together once again on September 11 to remember nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives in 2001, I was very surprised at the realization that it has been 18 years since it happened. I thought about where I was on that fateful day. I was in Dallas, Texas…

Dear ORM Reconcilers, The world has rightly celebrated the astonishing event of summer, 1969 when Apollo’s moon landing took us literally out of this world.  There is an interesting ORM sidelight to all this which Reconcile Neil Earle reports to us this month. “All One—For a Brief Season” Though we have always been space travelers…

Dear ORM Reconcilers, I often talk with people who say that they are too old, they don’t get out much, or their health is not very good. I encourage them to call someone or send a card to let that person know you will be praying for him or her. God cares about those acts…