Marja Bergen

author, mental health advocate, follower of Christ

Category: Day by Day (page 1 of 31)

The Rohingya – an example for the world

I’ve been getting to know the Rohingya people by following them closely on LinkedIn—reading about them and corresponding personally with many of the hundred and more who have connected with me over the past six months. And although inhumanity has allowed ugly chaos to develop in the world, I have come to see that Rohingya […]

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. . . and yet the children play

Photo by Nur Sadaque . . . AND YET LIFE CONTINUES THE CHILDREN HEAR . . . BUT STILL THEY PLAY “When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.” (Psalm 56:3) Children listen. They hear their parents’ stories. But they know how to live for today, doing what children best know how to […]

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Please give our children freedom, dignity, and a future

Photo by Nur Sadaque A MESSAGE FOR THE WORLD FROM A ROHINGYA REFUGEE Written by Khair Ullah, editor of Rohingytographer.org Being a Rohingya refugee means carrying endless pain and struggle. Our lives are full of humiliation, discrimination and suffering that never seems to end. We are denied the rights that every human deserves like the […]

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We suffer, we grieve, but we survive

Photo by Rohim Ullah Photo by Maung Myint Swe We Rohingya men, women, and children—the old and the young—are crying: “When will we have the comfort of a real home again—a home of our own? A place of safety. A place where we belong and can find security?” These are questions that face Rohingya every […]

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How long must we suffer?

Photo by Mohammed Imran   And then there are the fires . . .not uncommon in Rohingya camps. “The earth suffers countless wounds, The Rohingya and the poor live in fear and pain.” (Ro Niyamot Ullah)    

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Our homes are not safe

Photo by Ro Arfat Kahn In Bangladesh Rohingya refugees live in shelters intended to be temporary homes. But the shelters are not safe places to live. They are certainly not the comfortable homes so many of us in the western world enjoy. In the words of RB Hafizu: “As Rohingya refugees, we survive with limited […]

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We want to learn. We want a future.

  Photo and story by Rohingya refugee, Rohim Ullah Inside the Rohingya Refugee Camps, Education Is Being Kept Alive by the Children Themselves In a cramped tarpaulin shelter in the Rohingya refugee camp of Cox’s Bazar, a group of children gathered together on the bare ground. There are no whiteboards, no floor mats, no electricity. […]

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They will soar on wings like eagles

Photo by Khin Maung Soe STRENGTH FOR THE WEARY Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths […]

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He had no place to lay his head

Maybe not enough people are aware of the second wave of genocide (the first in 2017) now occurring in Myanmar.  Messages like this one about Jesus need to be shared with the Rohingya people to encourage them. Jesus knows what they’re going through. He himself went through a great tragedy. Stay faithful to your God. […]

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I cry out to those who still care

MY PASSION: • As a person who knows what it is to suffer I cry out to the world to wake up to the grave injustices that are occurring yet ignored by those who don’t have the courage to stand up for what is right. • I cry out to all who remember that love […]

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