Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Getting Ready

Tomorrow night is the first meeting of the Carolina Claphma Circle. I've been looking forward to this for months—since before I even started formulating actual plans for the group. It started when my son and I saw the film "Amazing Grace" last winter. It was inspiring to see how a group of concerned people challenged one another, gave one another assignments and strategized together about how to end the slave trade and then slavery itself in the British Empire.

Since early May, when I began posting on this blog and actively trying to figure out what God wants me to do about modern-day slavery, I've been meeting (mostly online) other people who feel a similar call to action. I can't wait to see what comes of our meetings!

My friend Burkinator is blogging about this issue, too. Check out her blog—she is insightful and passionate, and she's a good writer.

2 comments:

Burkinator said...

Thanks, Bob!

I'm looking forward to tomorrow, too. It will be cool just to all be in one room to brainstorm and such. I'm glad you took the bull by the horns and did this.

amanda said...

Bob (and KB),

Over the last week I’ve been considering attending at least your first meeting. I remember how inspiring it was to see what William Wilberforce (in “Amazing Grace”) could accomplish with his group in promoting God-honoring change to such a heinous aspect of society--and it’s contagious. =-) Seems like you have some great ideas for such change, and I would like to be better informed on the topic. Looking forward to tonight!