God bless him:
A Christian missionary from the U.S. has entered North Korea carrying a letter to leader Kim Jong Il in order to call attention to the tens of thousands of political prisoners believed held in the communist state, an activist said Saturday.
Robert Park, a 28-year-old Korean-American, crossed the frozen Tumen River into North Korea from China on Christmas Day to urge Kim to release political prisoners and shut down the “concentration camps” where they are held, said the activist, who spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the issue’s sensitivity.
It was unclear Saturday if Park was in North Korean custody. Illegal entry into the country is punishable by up to three years in prison. The communist regime held two American journalists for nearly five months earlier this year before freeing them during a visit by former President Bill Clinton.
Activist: US missionary crosses border into NKorea – Yahoo! News.
Joel L. Watts holds a Masters of Arts from United Theological Seminary with a focus in literary and rhetorical criticism of the New Testament. His interests include exploring the role of mimesis in human civilization, specifically in the study of religion and media, as well as science fiction and the way in which it has allowed mythology to be explored in light of scientific discoveries of the past century. He is the author of Mimetic Criticism of the Gospel of Mark: Introduction and Commentary (Wipf and Stock, 2013) and a co-editor and contributor to From Fear to Faith: Stories of Hitting Spiritual Walls (Energion, 2013).
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All I can muster is WOW and WOW!
Thank you for posting this info. Joel, I will pray with fervour for this brave and faithful man.
Amen!
We may never hear of what this man accomplishes, if anything, but his simple act of non-violence surely must stand as a testament.
All I can muster is WOW and WOW!
Thank you for posting this info. Joel, I will pray with fervour for this brave and faithful man.
Amen!
We may never hear of what this man accomplishes, if anything, but his simple act of non-violence surely must stand as a testament.
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