Posted by Benjamin on: 01.01.2008 /
In March we posted the video WWJD from then 16 year old peace activist Ava Lowery. Ava started the web site Peace Takes Courage, and she also has her own YouTube Video Log.
The video shows images of Iraqi children affected by the war in Iraq along with the Beatitudes and the song “Jesus Loves Me.”. It engendered a lot of very negative and positive reaction as well as news coverage. In November, Ava took the video down at the request of the the father of the boy who sang “Jesus Loves Me” in the video. Ava is now requesting children to send in their own versions of “Jesus Loves Me” and plans to choose one to put into the video.
Here is Ava’s latest video.
-What are your thoughts about the comparison/contrast between your christmas/new year’s experiences and the same-time-period experiences of those in Iraq?
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Comment by: Rachel
1 01/1/08 5:37 PM | Comment Link |Wow, Benjamin! That video definitely gets the message across in a powerful way. When I think about the contrast between my safe and comfortable holiday and the experience of Iraqis, I feel grief and anger. I also feel helpless. And I then I feel guilty for feeling helpless, because it seems there must be something I can do about this. But I don’t know what it is.
Comment by: benjamin
2 01/1/08 6:48 PM | Comment Link |Rachel,
I guess my therapist would say it’s good to just sit for a while with that feeling of helplessness. It reflects reality, from a certain angle.