Reflection: Are You Partying at the Wrong Time?
If you are enjoying your holidays on a big cruise liner that safely glides over the calm sea, your focus is on fun, leisure time, drinking, partying and other kinds of pleasures. But if the ship is caught up in a deadly storm and is about to sink within an hour or two, your priorities change in a moment, dramatically. Instead of continuing to indulge in partying, fun and other leisure or entertainment activities, you are now investing all your strength in whatever is needed to save lives – your life, the lives of your family, and others around you. The urgency changes your priorities. The tragic truth is that so many of us are immersed into the pleasures of partying so much that we do not want to hear the storm raging and lightning striking all around us.
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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, radio producer and presenter, journalist, religious liberty activist, humanitarian, and reconciliation and leadership development activist. Lives in Baytown TX, USA. Currently serves as the Executive Director, Forum for Leadership and Reconciliation (Forum), and Director of Renewing Our Minds (ROM) initiative.
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Tag Archives: Human Rights
Why We Care about the Refugees?
These were the days of early September last year. We were only a couple of weeks away from the finish of the 2015 Renewing Our Minds (ROM) Gathering in Fuzine, Croatia. A group of ROM leaders developed a quick plan … Continue reading
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
Presentation at the A&M University
Audio recording of an interactive session with Tihomir Kukolja on the Current Refugee Crisis, at the A&M University, College Station TX On Wednesday, Nov 18, 2015, and hosted by The Fulbright Student Association, and moderated by Viktor Mitevski. The quality and … Continue reading
A Sad Day for America
Today is a sad day for America. The US House voted overwhelmingly to block the program that would have otherwise allowed 10000 Syrian refugees enter the US. The Syrian refugees are not terrorists. Today America is punishing the people … Continue reading
Winter Appeal: Help us Help Refugees
You are only one click away from making a difference in the new ROM’s mission for refugees in Europe. Please, CLICK HERE now to give and share with your friends. Freezing winter months in Croatia are only a few weeks away, … Continue reading
Notes from the Refugee Trail in Serbia
Just over a month has passed since my return from Serbia where, together with the ROM and EUS team, I spent several days encountering refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. I tried to keep some kind of journal. Here … Continue reading
Meeting Jesus on the Refugee Trail
First publish by Sojourners, Sept 30, 2015 The moment our RCRR (ROM Community Refugee Response) international team moved to the Hungarian and Croatian borders in Serbia, we were under attack from Christians who did not approve of our action. They … Continue reading
Refugees are Beautiful People
ROM (Renewing Our Minds) team, in partnership with IFES (EUS) Serbia spent three intensive days serving Syrian refugees on the Hungarian and Croatian borders in Serbia, September 2015. They witnessed thousands of young people and families with children, many walking … Continue reading
Defeating the Evil of Human Trafficking
Marko Stupar is a member of the leadership teams of EUS, Serbia (IFES Serbia) and the Renewing Our Minds Initiative in Southeast Europe. He is also a vocal activist against human trafficking in Serbia and the Balkans (Southeast Europe). In … Continue reading
Dying They Prayed “Ya Rabbi Yasua”
You saw the picture. Maybe you watched the video too. Or maybe you avoided paying attention because the sight was too violent? Here is the picture. A group of Coptic Christians from Egypt, dressed in the orange prisoner costumes are … Continue reading
