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Tihomir Kukolja was born in Croatia. 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 activist, and reconciliation and leadership development director. Currently he lives in Baytown TX, USA. Between 2001 and 2019 he served as the director of a leadership and reconciliation initiative Renewing Our Minds (ROM). He is an active member of Forum for Leadership and Reconciliation.
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Tag Archives: Serbia
Video Feature: Where are They Now?
Three years ago the Renewing Our Minds volunteers witnessed the incoming waves of refugees entering Europe via the Balkan route, and crossing Serbia and Croatia. We were only a small part of a much bigger effort that engaged churches, faith … Continue reading
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Tagged Balkans, Compassion, Croatia, Empathy, Migrants, Refugees, Serbia, Video feature, volunteer
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Linda Quist, Balkan Memories – Audio Interview
Linda Quist from Seattle, US remembers the years in the 60s and 70s when she and the group of American singers, dancers and musicians, all of them in their twenties and thirties at the time – loved to visit Croatia, … Continue reading
The Way to Reconciliation Leads Through Empathy
Photo: ROM – Renewing Our Minds group prays in Vukovar, Croatia. Picture taken in 2006. “A new report argues that using the word ‘reconciliation’ does not help families of Kosovo Albanian and Serb war victims to deal with the past … Continue reading
Posted in Current Issues, Human Dignity, Reconciliation
Tagged Balkans, Empathy, Forgiveness, Former Yugoslavia, Justice, Kosovo, Reconciliation, Serbia, Solidarity, Transitional Justice, War, War Crimes
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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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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
Posted in Current Issues, Faith, Human Dignity, Human Rights, Life Issues, Refugee Crisis
Tagged Croatia, Human dignity, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Leadership, Refugees, ROM, Serbia
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Refugee Notes, October 2015: Winter is Coming
Mid October 2015 the circumstances surrounding the trail of refugees through Serbia and Croatia drastically changed. Hungarians, who for several weeks somehow cooperated with Croatia by letting thousands of refuges enter Hungary from Croatia closed the border. One month earlier … 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
Posted in Appeal, Current Issues, Faith, Human Dignity, Human Rights, Life Issues
Tagged Croatia, Human dignity, Human Rights, Human Values, Humanitarian Crisis, Hungary, IFES Serbia, Refugees, ROM, Serbia
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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
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Tagged Compassion, Croatia, Empathy, EU Refugee Crisis, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Hungary, Macedonia, Refugees, Serbia, Sid, Tovarnik
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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
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Tagged Croatia, Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Hungary, Immigrants, Refugees, Serbia, Video
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