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Christianity and Guns
Most of the debate about guns in this country focuses on public policy issues: the extent and limits of the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment, the wisdom and efficacy of various gun control and gun safety measures, how to deal with mental illness and crime, public funding for gun-related research, and so on. What is often missing is the religious dimension of the issue.
Read MoreOn Purpose, in Kabul – Kathy Kelly
<p>Borrowed with permission from <a href="http://vcnv.org/2018/06/26/on-purpose-in-kabul-kathy-kelly/"></a><a href="http://vcnv.org/2018/06/26/on-purpose-in-kabul-kathy-kelly/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://vcnv.org/2018/06/26/on-purpose-in-kabul-kathy-kelly/</a> <br></p> <p>June 26, 2018</p> <p>Writing this week for the Chicago Tribune, Steve Chapman called a U.S. Government report on the war in Afghanistan “<u><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-afghanistan-taliban-deasefire-war-20180622-story.html">a chronicle of futility</a></u>.” “The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction” <u><a href="https://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/stabilization/index.html">report</a> </u>says the U.S. spent large sums “in search of quick gains” in regional stabilization – but these instead “exacerbated conflicts, enabled corruption and bolstered support for insurgents.”</p> <p>“In short,” says Chapman, the U.S. government “made things worse rather than better.”</p> <p>Gai...</p></p>
Read MoreEaster and Nonviolence
My experience of Eastertide 2018 was enhanced by the book, Resurrecting Easter: How the West Lost and the East Kept the Original Easter Vision, by John and Sarah Crossan.
Read MoreOpen Letter
<h1>Palestinian Christians and Muslims call on faith communities to help end the occupation</h1> <p>April 26, 2018. Pax Christi Metro DC-Baltimore has endorsed the following open letter. The original is at <a href="http://mondoweiss.net/2018/04/palestinian-christians-communities/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://mondoweiss.net/2018/04/palestinian-christians-communities/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mondoweiss.net/2018/04/palestinian-christians-communities/</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Then the Lord saw it, and it displeased Him that there was no justice. (Isaiah 59:15b)</em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it. (Luke 19:41)</em></p> <p>We the undersigned, a group of Palestinian-American Christians from several church traditions, call on all faith communities to:</p> <ul><li>Denounce the Trump administration’s decision...</li></ul>
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