A Common Word Between Us and You (including a regular update of media comment), downloads and translations, new signatories, pictures and a variety of other information about a variety of other activities and events related to "A Common Word." A Common Word Between Us and You A Common Word between Us and You is an open letter, dated 13 October 2007, from leaders of the Islamic religion to leaders of the Christian religion. It calls for peace between Muslims and Christians and tries to work for common ground and understanding between both religions, in line with the Qur'anic command: "Say: 'O People of the Scripture! come to
A Hymn to God the Father Sin, Where I Begun"; without always crediting him as composer, or Donne as the author of the words. The poem starts out with a question that Donne asks from God that will He forgive his sins which he did even before his birth? Actually, Donne refers to the original sin which his ancestors Adam and Eve committed by eating the forbidden fruit, according to Christian theology. He then adds that if God has forgiven those sins he has not yet done, Donne has more sins to be forgiven. Then he seeks forgiveness for those sins wherein he tempted others to