Dear brothers and sisters,
Ancient Vietnamese songs, exactly, ancient songs of ethnic minorities in Vietnam, are collected and arranged by Lê Cát Trọng Lý and Nguyễn Thanh Tú. Then Lý put Kinh lyrics into the songs.
This is the music of the people, of grandmothers, of mothers, of midwives, of shamans, of children, of undertakers… So the songs come from simple daily life. Continue reading Những ca khúc Việt cổ
Series on John:
(0), (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11),
(12), (13), (14),(15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (final)
Sunday, Jesus has resurrected. This day is celebrated as Easter today.
20 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
“We” seems to mean Mary went with someone, possibly Martha, Mary’s sister, or/and someone else.
Mary Magdalene’s role as the first believer to discover the empty tomb is deeply significant, both theologically and symbolically. Here’s why:
Continue reading John 20Chào anh chị em,
Chiều nay mình đi chơi thể thao về, tự nhiên thèm đồ nước nên tính ghé quán phở mình hay ăn gần nhà. Nhưng tới đây thấy quán đông quá mà mình muốn được ăn liền vì muốn sau khi ăn có thời gian nghỉ ngơi và thong thả rồi vào dạy lớp yoga.
Thế là mình đi tìm quán khác. Mình thấy một quán bánh canh gần đó, mấy nay mình có để ý tới nó rồi, nay mình mới vào ăn. Dù là quán lề đường nhưng thật sự nước dùng của bánh canh rất ngon, thanh và đậm đà. Mình ăn tô bánh canh rất vừa miệng và vừa đủ. Bác chủ quán cũng niềm nở và dễ thương. Thật là Chúa sắp xếp để mình tới ăn quán bánh canh này để mình có một bữa ăn ngon và vừa vặn, giúp mình cảm thấy thoải mái và khỏe hơn sau khi ăn. Là phép lạ của Chúa.
In Christ,
Nguyễn Bảo Ngọc
Al Jazeera English – 17-3-2025
Far from being a tragedy for Africa, the demise of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) at the hands of President Donald Trump’s administration should be cause for celebration, argues Arikana Chihombori-Quao, the former ambassador of the African Union to the US.
Chihombori-Quao tells host Steve Clemons that USAID doesn’t have much to show for its decades of education and healthcare projects in Africa and often destabilised countries under the guise of environmental, human rights or social justice agendas.
And if the US is not interested in Africa, African leaders shouldn’t beg for better relations, she said. “It takes two to tango,” the former diplomat said.
Đọt Chuối Non 