Comments on: 3. the meek http://wecan.be The Beatitudes In Practice, with attitude : we can be the change Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:12:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: JackBrown http://wecan.be/beattitudes/themeek/comment-page-1/#comment-9307 JackBrown Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:02:35 +0000 http://wecan.be/3-blessed-are-‘the-meek’-who-practice-self-restraint-and-self-control/#comment-9307 Came across this imaginary speech that George Bush COULD have delivered after Sept 11. It's a cool read, especially in context of meekness. Especially as per one of the definitions - responding instead of reacting. I think some of the language in it shows another facet of meekness - those that seek to identify their own contribution to problems before (and perhaps even instead of) focussing on others' contributions. http://www.brianmclaren.net/President%20Bush%E2%80%99s%20ungiven%20speech.pdf Came across this imaginary speech that George Bush COULD have delivered after Sept 11. It’s a cool read, especially in context of meekness. Especially as per one of the definitions – responding instead of reacting.

I think some of the language in it shows another facet of meekness – those that seek to identify their own contribution to problems before (and perhaps even instead of) focussing on others’ contributions.

http://www.brianmclaren.net/President%20Bush%E2%80%99s%20ungiven%20speech.pdf

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