Thought Quotient

Delirious? band members, Martin Smith and Stu G carry the mission bell to Rwanda to find a population shattered by genocide. Peer through their hearts and eyes as they discover an unspeakable joy in people finding their only source of life in God.

In 1994 one of history’s grossest atrocities took place in the nation of Rwanda a small country nestled in the center of Africa. In a period of 100 days a million innocent people were brutally murdered by their own countrymen. The Belgian colonization was responsible for dividing one people group into two, the Tutsis and the Hutus, the former being given economic power and creating huge tensions between the two, so much so that the Hutus who made up 90% of the population plotted to retaliate and wipe out all Tutsis. Husbands murdered their own wives and children saw their own parents shot before their eyes.

What is shocking and sobering about this particular act of genocide is that it didn’t happen in the dark ages, it was 1994, the year Anna and I married, the time that our cutting edge youth events were exploding, the year our futures were unfolding.

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I recently had the pleasure of getting to listen to Aaron Shust live in concert. His music makes you hum, makes you think, and pricks your spirit all at the same time. I can truthfully say this ‘guy with a guitar’ worship leader is meticulously and consciously writing songs for worship in a way I haven’t heard in a long time. If you want a chance to hear him live, he’s currently touring with Shane and Shane and Bethany Dillon. I was also impressed that he was graciously chatting with fans and new ‘converts’ after the show.

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