Pray for the Nigerian victims of Palm Sunday

This went right by me.  Again, there are problems with turning away from most social media.  All you have left is the mainstream press, which is like having only half the answers in the back of a math book.  Fact is, Nigerian Christians being killed by Muslims doesn't help the narrative or agenda one scrap of a bit.  Hence I saw nothing.  It just came by randomly yesterday, like that strange story from Rhode Island.  Every now and then, when trying to find the news online, odd outlets or local news rooms will pop up.  

Not that social media is altogether reliable. It isn't.  But at least it might point to stories, no matter how big or important, that the press is clearly trying to avoid or sweep under the carpet.  So with only news to turn to, I'm mindful of the fact that there are endless stories out there of major importance I'm probably not hearing about.  Like this one.

Of course it isn't new.  One of my closest friends from my ministry days was a Nigerian Christian named Joseph.  If ever the joy of Christ manifested in someone, it was him.  But he could also be deadly serious.  Even in the 90s, this was going on.  And it's been a continual clash for decades because the Islamic presence, while expanding, is still meeting the substantial Christian presence that is in the country.  So we have a chance to witness Islamic expansion, at least as it is happening in Nigeria. 

Sadly, again, it doesn't fit the post-Western globalist narrative. So don't expect to hear of this.  I actually went to various news agencies and typed their names with this story.  To its credit, the NYT had the story.  And that was it.  Apart from Yahoo news, for what that's worth, but at least credit where it is due.  Otherwise, the only outlets covering it are right leaning, or religious, or other non-Western media outlets.  

So there you go.  A much belated prayer for those souls who were taken at the beginning of our holy week.  For us, it's easy to see and admit what is happening, even if for reasons many won't.  But for those on the front lines, pray for them.  They do not know if they will be there the following week, more than is normal for us mortals traveling this sod.  Something that occupies their prayers and has for decades.  As my dear friend Joseph made clear all those years ago.