'FOR SAMA' - A RIVETING MODERN DAY GOSPEL OF REDEMPTION
Waad Al-Kateab and Hamza Al-Kateab are both extraordinary human beings, and the film 'FOR SAMA' that covers their last five years in Aleppo is the most visceral, shocking, informative, devastating and inspiring footage I have ever watched, though I should say, more experienced, because the account engulfs you, overwhelms you and traumatises you.
We watched it together, the five of us, as a family.
Our family in solidarity with the families filmed.
I spent the film in tears.
I awoke this morning in tears.
I write this in tears.
There are no real words that can convey the complexities, catastrophe, inhumanity and horror contained within the film, but equally no words to capture the irrepressible, inspirational and inexplicable courage, compassion and resolve of Waad and Hamza and of those filmed, to cling to the best of humanity and to show, amid the insanity of our worst, what is pure, profound and incomparably beautiful about our existence.
https://www.forsamafilm.com/
We watched it together, the five of us, as a family.
Our family in solidarity with the families filmed.
I spent the film in tears.
I awoke this morning in tears.
I write this in tears.
There are no real words that can convey the complexities, catastrophe, inhumanity and horror contained within the film, but equally no words to capture the irrepressible, inspirational and inexplicable courage, compassion and resolve of Waad and Hamza and of those filmed, to cling to the best of humanity and to show, amid the insanity of our worst, what is pure, profound and incomparably beautiful about our existence.
https://www.forsamafilm.com/
ARCHBISHOP JONATHAN BLAKE - MY LIFE - PART ONE
ARCHBISHOP JONATHAN BLAKE - MY LIFE - PART TWO
I AM PROUD OF MY WRITING, FOR JESUS’S SAKE, THAT HAS HAD ME FOUND INNOCENT IN HEAVEN, BUT TWICE A CRIMINAL ON THE EARTH. THE FIRST IN 1990 WHEN I WROTE A BIBLICAL TEXT ON THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT IN PEACEFUL PROTEST ABOUT THE BOMBING OF YOUNG IRAQI RECRUITS DURING THE FIRST GULF WAR. THE SECOND, IN 2016 WHEN I WROTE ON MY BLOG, TO ALERT THE PUBLIC ABOUT A PAEDOPHILE, AND WAS SUCCESSFUL IN FORCING THE AUTHORITIES TO STOP HIM HAVING ACCESS TO CHILDREN. THERE WAS ALMOST A THIRD! IN 1997, WHEN I WAS ARRESTED FOR NAILING MY PROPOSALS FOR REFORM OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ON THE DOOR OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL. WORDS ARE POWERFUL MESSAGES THAT CHALLENGE CORRUPTION, CONFRONT THE WICKED AND CREATE A BETTER WORLD. JESUS IS THE WORD OF GOD AND HIS FOLLOWERS ARE CALLED TO COMMUNICATE HIS WORDS, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE COST.
"You brave, courageous and wonderful man. To stand up for the truth in the face of suppression and oppression is truly an act of a pure heart."
posted by Bishop Jonathan Blake | 3:41 PM
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