#mercuryone

[doug-peabody]

BLAST OFF! A mockup of Mercury 1 atop a Redstone rocket. McAuliffe - Shepherd Discovery Center - Concord, New Hampshire . . . #mcauliffesheparddiscoverycenter #christamcauliffe #alanshepard #mercuryone #redstonerocket #astronaut #astronautsofinstagram #blastoff #concord #concordnh #concordnewhampshire #newhampshire #nh #newengland #unfiltered (at McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChqkKZjLCfy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[doug-peabody]

60 years ago today Alan Shepard sat a capsule like this one and became the first American in outer space. Concord NH . . . #mercuryone #mercury #alanshepard #nasa #redstonerocket #instagood #inspiration #photooftheday #picoftheday #photograph #photography #instagram #instadaily #macualifesheparddiscovercenter #concord #concordnh #newhampshire #nh #newengland #processed #tiltshift (at McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/COgvhb9scnZ/?igshid=1tl89s76rgkw9

[doug-peabody]

60 years ago today Alan Shepard sat a capsule like this one and became the first American in outer space. Concord NH . . . #mercuryone #mercury #alanshepard #nasa #redstonerocket #instagood #inspiration #photooftheday #picoftheday #photograph #photography #instagram #instadaily #macualifesheparddiscovercenter #concord #concordnh #newhampshire #nh #newengland #processed #tiltshift (at McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/COgvWn0F4EB/?igshid=1n4cywjpt5apa

[ashtynjadephoto]

So many friends & loved ones suffering through #hurricaneharvey. Sending prayers & love to you all! {{And donations via @mercury1charity}} #donate to #mercuryone #texasgirl #KatyTexas #lonestarstate (at Ashtyn Jade Photography)

[curtolson]

Bold action required against indifferent American leaders to help displaced Christians

Note: Glenn Beck, the radio talk show host and founder of Mercury One Inc., and Johnnie Moore, the author of “Defying ISIS,” have collaborated to establish The Nazarene Fund, which will rescue persecuted Christians from regions of the world and resettle them in new nations. The following is an open letter to both men. Dear Glenn Beck and Johnnie Moore, I applaud both of you for your moral clarity to establish The Nazarene Fund for the purpose of evacuating displaced Christians from countries such as Syria and Iraq and giving these persecuted Christians an opportunity to restore their lives in a new nation. Christians throughout the world should applaud you because you are creating an avenue for people to practically help persecuted Christians in this war-ravaged area of the world that is now home to the savages of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). There are several excellent organizations doing work for the persecuted church, including Voice of the Martyrs, Open Doors USA, Barnabas Fund, International Christian Concern, and others. So, while I single out The Nazarene Fund with my remarks, I want to be crystal clear that several other organizations do spectacular work to help persecuted Christians in the Muslim, Hindu, and Buddhist worlds. While all of that work is important, the letter raises the urgency of the persecuted church at a time when the prominent posture of American public officials is gross indifference. I do not believe we can wait for elected leaders in the U.S. to do the right thing. We have approached the time the plight of the persecuted church must be forced into the public discussion of American public policy. I believe the two of you must take that bold step. The catalyst for this letter is your recent announcement that a displaced Christian community will be relocated in Slovakia. This comes during the current project to raise $10 million by December to resettle 400 Christian families. Some of this information comes from the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for The Nazarene Fund.

“Donations to The Nazarene Fund will be used to resettle Christian families who have been displaced by conflict in the Middle East, primarily at the hands of ISIS. Should it become impossible or impractical to resettle families, the contributions will be used to provide additional humanitarian support where they are forced to stay.”

The website’s information clearly indicates the intent to resettle some displaced Christians in the United States. “However, the United States remains closed to Christian refugees,” the website states. So, I beg you, gentlemen. I plead with you to force this issue into public discussion in America because it is long overdue. We have seen a growing number of non-profit organizations pushing the issue of persecuted Christians and other religious minorities in Syria and Iraq. Many, if not all, of these groups have concluded that a “genocide” indeed is unfolding at the hands of ISIS. We recently learned the U.S. State Department apparently is prepared to identify what ISIS is doing to the Yazidis as a “genocide,” but not extend that to Christians and other religious minorities. Also, President Barack Obama avoided bombing the ISIS oil supply, which provides these blood-thirsty thugs millions, perhaps billions of dollars, because of concerns of what would happen to the environment. So we start airstrikes in late summer or early fall 2014 and one would expect an effort to end, thwart, or choke off the enemy’s major money source—oil. Yet, it was more than one year later the U.S. gave oil tanker drivers 45 minutes advance notice via dropped leaflets that their tanker trucks would be destroyed. We also have an investigation unfolding about intelligence on ISIS being cooked to make it look better as that intelligence climbed the national security advisors from the Pentagon to the White House. And the Congress hasn’t exactly applied intense political pressure on the White House to have a greater sense of urgency regarding a clear human rights crisis unfolding in the Middle East. The U.S. House of Representatives has a resolution by Nebraska Republican Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, House Concurrent Resolution No. 75, which calls on the U.S. to recognize a “genocide” against Christians and all religious minorities in Syria and Iraq. A resolution that now has 154 co-sponsors, including numerous liberals in the Congress, can’t even get a hearing in the House Foreign Affairs Committee. That is why this public debate must be forced down the collective throats of our elected officials. Some see this issue for what it is, but too many people in positions of power to stop ISIS do not possess that level of moral clarity, outrage, or will. Perhaps the two of you should go to the U.S. Capitol and conduct a press conference about what you’re doing for the persecuted church. And during that press conference, demand the debate in America because you seek the United States as the next home for displaced Christians. Force them, yes, force all Americans, to have the conversation. Force them to stop avoiding the facts of beheading, crucifixions, sex slavery, rape, torture and murder of men, women, and children. And what I find so shocking is that no one is talking about the obvious. We already have found mass graves created by ISIS. How many more are going to be found? Does anyone really think ISIS has not utilized mass graves for their medieval rampage that not only is forcing Christians to be martyrs for their faith, but 2,000 years of Christian history to be destroyed. Force President Obama and members of Congress to have this conversation. Exert your moral clarity and outrage to force America to finally do the right thing and allow displaced Christians to resettle here. All of the events surrounding this issue demand it for such a time as this.