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The power of
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Why? X - ray
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Why?
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X marks the spot
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X marks my vote
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Jesus’ sacrifice and resurrection remembered at Easter brings and transforms lives
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Pete Jackson xchanged his gap year to work in a Christian Aid mission in Kenya.
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He was murdered bringing hope to others.
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ordinary life, inspired by Jesus to bring hope
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Leonard Cheshire xchanged his RAF Career & founded specialist care homes for the disabled in the UK and 52 countries around the world
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the ordinary to follow Jesus
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The Chinese do not erect monuments to foreigners, Eric Liddle is an exception.
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He xchanged his Olympic victory in 1924 to build schools & take the message of Jesus into China
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In 1991 Terry Waite was freed by Islamic extremists. Sent by the Archbishop of Canterbury, to Beirut,..
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to negotiate the release of hostages. He was imprisoned for 5 years. His freedom was xchanged for theirs.
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“‘Love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!” - Jesus
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Steve Biko Founder and martyr of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa, inspired by Jesus and the life of Martin Luther King
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He xchanged his freedom to speak out against discrimination. Steve Biko was unlawfully killed 12/09/77
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Easter - Hope
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Easter - Joy
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"The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, …
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…in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake." ~ Basil C. Hume
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"The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances." ~ Robert Flatt
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“ Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people & hallelujah is our song.” - Pope John Paul II
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"Let the resurrection joy lift us from loneliness and weakness and despair to strength and beauty and happiness." ~ Floyd W. Tomkins
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the ordinary to follow Jesus
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“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you.” - Jesus
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Mary Mathew was inspired by Jesus and the life of Mother Teresa of Calcutta
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She and UK friend Robin Radley in the1990s, xchanged their time to run a home for abandoned children in Kerela, India
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Easter Day - Worship
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"On Easter Day the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer." ~ Douglas Horton
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the ordinary to follow Jesus
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Sister Emmanuelle, a Belgian-born nun who dedicated her life to fighting poverty in poor countries,
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Died in October 2008 aged 99. She xchanged an ordinary life, inspired by Jesus, helping children in the slums of Egypt.
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Jesus’ sacrifice and resurrection remembered at Easter brings and transforms lives
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Major Christopher Keeble xchanged regard for his own safety, during the battle for Darwin Hill, Falklands War, 1982. He had the courage to insist that ….
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…the Argentine forces surrender and save further loss of life, amazingly they did!
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Jesus’ sacrifice and resurrection remembered at Easter brings and transforms lives
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Xchanging – when you get to your cross roads what will you decide?
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Please bow your heads for the reflection & prayer
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Original concept & slides complied by Helen Sage Diocese of Blackburn, Board of Education Advisor to High schools. Music: Use Somebody by Kings of Leon
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