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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. Education 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 Houston TX, USA. Served as the Executive Director, Forum for Leadership and Reconciliation (Forum), and Director of Renewing Our Minds (ROM) initiative for many years. Founder and Director of Leadership Focus International. Loves photography, blogging and social media.
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Category Archives: People
Face to Face with John Masuku
This Friday, July 3, 2020, 5pm GMT, Face to Face media initiative is starting a season of zoom conversations, interviews, messages and other video features with a premiere of the first part of my interview with John Masuku, a leading Zimbabwean … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, People
Tagged BBC, Broadcasting, Integrity, Journalism, Mugabe, Radio production, The Voice of People, Truth to Power, Zimbabwe
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Desmond Ford Taught Me that the Truth Matters
I met Dr. Desmond Ford, a leading and unusual Adventist theologian from Australia, through the word of mouth and vibrant discussions with friends at Newbold College, England in the late seventies. Those encounters led me to seek, photocopy and read his … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, People, Reformation, Religion
Tagged 1844, Adventists, Desmond Ford, Investigative Judgment, Justification by Faith, Memory, Reflection
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Guns For All and the Culture of Death
The first step ought to be to make the access to weapons of the kind that was used to kill 17 students more than a week ago impossible, certainly illegal. Apparently, in most recent mass shootings killers used the guns … Continue reading
Posted in Current Issues, Faith, People
Tagged culture of death, Current Affairs, Guns, Mass Shootings, school shooting, Second Amendment
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Jesus is Never About the National Prosperity Gospel
Tihomir Kukolja reflects on the President’s remarks delivered at the 66th National Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC. Note that the author is not calling into question the purpose and the organization of NPB, nor the hard work and dedication … Continue reading
Posted in Current Issues, Events, Faith, Leadership, People, Politics
Tagged Current Affairs, Faith, Leadership Gathering, National Prayer Breakfast, Prayer, President
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The First Iranian Christian Community Organized in Croatia
News Release Under the leadership of the Zagreb Malesnica Baptist Church and its minister Mihal Kreko, and with help of the visiting pastor Reza Ansari from Vienna, Austria, a group of 30 Iranian refugees established the first organized Iranian Christian … Continue reading
Posted in Current Issues, Faith, Human Dignity, Human Rights, Life Issues, News Release, People, Refugee Crisis, Religion
Tagged Christianity, Croatia, Faith, Iran, Persecution, Refugees, Religious Freedom
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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
Posted in Current Issues, Human Dignity, Human Rights, Leadership, Life Issues, People, Politics, Reflection
Tagged Balkans, Government, Leadership, Nation, Nationalism, Racism, Tribalism, UK, US
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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
Posted in Faith, Human Dignity, Leadership, People, Social Ethics
Tagged Archives, Bill Clinton, Injustice, Kenneth Starr, Reflection
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Today We are Ashamed
Today EU and the Balkans have capitulated to fear and lack of empathy. Balkan countries along the refugee corridor have sealed their borders, one by one. At the one end of the Balkan refugee corridor Slovenia closed its border … Continue reading
Posted in Current Issues, Faith, Human Dignity, Human Rights, Life Issues, People, Refugee Crisis
Tagged Croatia, EU, European Union, Greece, Human dignity, Macedonia, Refugees, Serbia, Slovenia, Syria, Turkey
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Here’s What We’re Getting Wrong
As we stand together around the world, shocked and mourning with the thousands who lost their fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, relatives, and friends in France, Lebanon, and Iraq, one thing bothers me most about the narrative around the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Issues, Faith, Life Issues, People, Refugee Crisis, Social Ethics
Tagged Human Rights, Paris, Refugees, Syria, Terrorism
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