Desmond Tutu Archives

Desmond Tutu, Our Generation’s Moral Conscience – By GEORGE BRAINE The passing of Archbishop Tutu takes my mind back to 2008, when he, as the Chair of The Elders – a group of “independent global leaders working together for peace and human rights” – found fault with the Sri Lankan government for killing of civilians. Subsequently, an Opinion piece appeared in a local newspaper, criticizing Rev. Tutu. According to the writer, “fighting a terrorist group is violence” for Rev. Tutu. Further, Tutu had not spoken a word against Zimbabwe’s human rights violations, nor against the Western invasion of Iraq. In my response, I stated that these outrageous statements regarding Rev. Tutu made me cringe. I further stated that, in a Sri Lanka that was becoming increasingly self-centered, where freedom of information is severely curtailed, where journalists critical of the government are often assaulted or killed, we need to maintain at least a semblance ...

The World Needs Your Kindness and Mine to Become Better for All by Christiana Jolaoso “Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” — Desmond Tutu. Remember a time when someone was kind to you? Now, think of when you did something good for someone else and how happy it made both of you—that warm feeling of satisfaction that lodged in your heart and refused to go away. You made someone happy and lifted their spirit. Guess what? That should be every day. There’s a saying, ‘Love makes the world go around.’ Kindness does the same thing. And yes, we can use these words interchangeably. Why’s that? An act of kindness is one of love. Doing good comes from a place of love, and he who has received kindness knows what it means to be loved. But ...