http://idelette.com finding my song and singing it. until we all do. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:10:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you haven't yet, please listen to the song "Child of God" over at musicforthesoul.org. Lyrics by Steve Siler. "I paint on the face I strap on the heels I shut down my heart so it won’t have to feel the hands that don’t know me all over my skin and the ... http://idelette.com/2009/07/14/im-a-child-of-god-not-a-prostitute/ Last Wednesday Archbishop Tutu was featured in a live Q & A webcast on The Elders. I was amazed when the question I had sent in, became the first question on the agenda for the session. How cool is that! This is what I asked: "I read in your book ... http://idelette.com/2009/07/11/wisdom-from-archbishop-tutu-on-equality/ I was thrilled to read about Sir Richard Branson's initiative forming the group called The Elders with the likes of Archbishop Tutu, Graca Machel and Jimmy Carter. This group is focusing their attention on women and girls, calling for equality. I was especially moved by Archbishop Tutu's call to ... http://idelette.com/2009/07/07/call-to-sir-richard-branson/ When Sue's birthday came up recently, I wanted to bless her with something. Something I didn't buy. I looked for quotes to bless her with and in the process discovered the wonderful many meanings of her name and this small piece took shape. Sue pursues peace journeying with many women ... http://idelette.com/2009/07/07/sues-birthday-blessing/ I love Archbishop Tutu. He is part of the unveiling of my South Africa. He helped lead my nation into Freedom. Now he is appealing, with Richard Branson's "The Elders," to end discrimination against women. Equality is so the next frontier, the next veil that has to be lifted. For ... http://idelette.com/2009/07/06/archbishop-desmond-tutu-appeals-to-men-and-boys/ I have shifted. Truth has pierced and done an inner work. My word for now has become "together." It's not a rallying cry. It's an ahhhh... I don't have to do it alone any more. At a very young age, the Spirit of Segregation had leached in. Now Truth swept ... http://idelette.com/2009/06/23/together/ A recent survey conducted by Professor Rachel Jewkes of the Medical Research Council (MRC) claims that one in four men in South Africa admitted to committing rape. She says: "I think it is down to ideas about masculinity based on gender hierarchy and the sexual entitlement of men. It's rooted ... http://idelette.com/2009/06/20/perceived-value-of-women-one-in-four-south-african-men-a-rapist/ I wrote this piece on Journey into Forgiveness two years ago. In the light of the recent Amahoro conference in South Africa, I am re-posting a slightly edited version here: South Africa is where my Story was born. I grew up in an all-white school with a rich heritage, but in those ... http://idelette.com/2009/06/15/remembering-robben-island-journey-into-forgiveness/ We watched "Nights in Rodanthe" last night. There's a scene where Diane Lane is having a conversation with her teenaged daughter, Amanda. I wish I could play this for every young girl and woman yearning for a relationship. Here's what she says: "While your father and I were apart, I met ... http://idelette.com/2009/06/08/dignity-in-relationships-wisdom-from-nights-in-rodanthe/ Yesterday, while entering into the story of the Prodigal Son through the latest Henri Nouwen book "Home Tonight: Further Reflections on the Parable of the Prodigal Son," my heart took off to South Africa, the land of my birth, and my hopes for true reconciliation. It surprized me, at first. ... http://idelette.com/2009/06/02/three-choices-offender-forgiver-or-distant-observer/