NEW! Romanian Playgrounds of Hope
Mihaela Kovacs, Romania, Director of a faith based ministry Fundatia Beraca (Blessings Foundation) and a member of the ROM - Renewing Our Minds core leadership group in Europe, has been for a long bringing joy, hope and healing in the lives of the young Roma population in Romania. The latest project of her ministry focuses also on building bridges between the Romanian Roma communities and other people in Romania. Recently she has been sharing her experiences at many places in the US, including Houston TX. On there way to the Houston Intercontinental Airpot Airport she agreed to share the highlights from her most recent story of how a simple playground project can bring different different people and church communities together in their desire to bring joy and hope into the lives of the Romanian Roma children. Mihaela Kovacs and her Beraca Ministry are true Ambassadors for a Better World. Mihaela too shares a Roma background. Time: 13:37.
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Tihomir Kukolja, born in Slavonska Pozega, Croatia in 1954. Studied, lived and worked in Yugoslavia, Croatia, United Kingdom, Australia and the US. Educated in theology, communications, and radio journalism. Worked as a church pastor, media professional, radio producer and presenter, journalist, religious liberty activist, and reconciliation and leadership development activist. Lives in Baytown TX, USA with professional ties with Seattle WA, USA and Fuzine, Croatia. Currently serves as the Executive Director, Forum for Leadership and Reconciliation (Forum), and Director of Renewing Our Minds (ROM) initiative.Ambassadors
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Category Archives: Leadership
A Painful and Sobering Reflection
A slightly upgraded version of my message shared yesterday on my Facebook page. For more than fifteen years I have been privileged to lead a leadership development and reconciliation ministry that continues to teach the young leaders of the Balkans … Continue reading
Inappropriate Message from the President
I have been privileged to attend the National Prayer Breakfasts (NPB) in Washington DC almost every year since 2004. I was there too one week ago at the 65th annual National Prayer Breakfast. A number of people involved from the … Continue reading
The Night Jesus Wept
Yes, Jesus is the King! But this is not so because the choruses of Trump’s supporters are saying so as they are celebrating his presidential victory this morning. That “Jesus is the King” is even more true in the face … Continue reading
My Statement On the 2016 Election
I have been placed under much pressure and intimidation lately. This would happen every time when I shared a link on my Facebook page expressing a concern about the presidential fitness of Donald Trump. The same happened, even more forcefully, … Continue reading
Specks and Planks
“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer The current US presidential race looks more like the gladiators’ game, … Continue reading
Doing Right for Bad Reasons
I have taken this short text out of my old archives. Signs of the Times, Australian lifestyle magazine published it late 1998. The reason I find this article still relevant today is that even today, number of years later, there … Continue reading
When Enemies Love and Serve Each Other
At the time when a new intensive season of ROM is coming it is good to remember the past seasons. One of them was portrayed in this article published by The Huffington Post on September 26, 2011: Investing in a … Continue reading
Country Where Parents are Killing Their Own Children
Read also the interview released by The Huffington Post, April 17, 2014 If evaluated by the number of innocent children falsely branded as witches and killed by their superstitious parents and relatives, Nigeria is a country that has sunk deep … Continue reading
Twenty Years After the Rwandan Genocide
The article “From Hell to a Happy Life: a Tutsi Survivor’s Escape from Genocide ”, published yesterday by Aljazeera America reminded me of my article “Political Challenges the Church Cannot Afford to Ignore” published by Spectrum fifteen years ago. In … Continue reading
Dangerous Legislation in Uganda
Four years ago, due to strong international pressure the Ugandan 2009 Anti-Gay Bill did not go through. Four years later, in December 2013 the bill was passed, slightly modified, and signed into law by the President of Uganda on 24th … Continue reading
