Building Bridges.....

(Photo by Håkan Röjder) We went to the Rock group "The Ark" last performance on Friday. It was my son who wanted to go and it was the last day of the annual Malmo Festival so I joined my son. The Ark is not my favourite band but they have an interesting sound that is a bit familiar to David Bowie ( some might not agree though) One of the first songs was " Breaking up with God" The lyrics is like this I heard the call, but I won't follow 'Cause now I'm breaking up with God I've had it with shame, I've had it with sorrow Now I'm breaking up with God And the devil too Now I wanna dance the night away Well Mr Ola Salo ( the singer) You might want to break up with God, but God has not broke up with you. Like an earthly father who has problems with his son, he will not kick you out. You are breaking up with both God and the Devil, but isn't it so Mr Salo that you want to be God yourself? He will care for you, h

This weekend our annual Malmo festival begins. During one week the whole city is on its feet, having a great time with food, music, art, and other kinds of entertainment. It is a great opportunity for us to be out there as witness for Christ, to meet people and to connect. Many people have strange opinions about church, Christianity, and religion over all, and it is now we have this great chance to tell people about the truth. "Streetchurch" will be out there, so will our Filipino and Iranian brothers and sisters and I do hope that all of you will join them or do something special for your selves. It doesn't matter if we change the heart of many or few, what mater is that we show our city that we are here and that we care.

Second hand shopping is something very popular in Sweden. You find a lot of nice things with a very low cost and you get your so called " own style" Its great for the recycling as well. The different second hand shops or charity shops, support different things. Some support the homeless and the needy in our city. In another shops they sponsor "ship to Gaza" Ive been in to this particular shop several of times and I always wanted to ask them about their cause. I did so the other day and they said that it is a act of humanity to the suffering people in Gaza. That's a nice thing to stand up for, I said. My second question was: If you so strongly stand up for the people in need around our globe, when will you sponsor ships to North Korea? As I told her, in North Korea people really suffer and they would be so happy if you send ships their way. She looked at me as I was a lunatic. My point is: Do people really want to help the people