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Can Afghans Convince Us the Mechanism of War Is Not Effective?

August 7, 2018 No Comments

Can Afghans convince us that the method of war doesn’t work? If we’re still quietly hoping that wars will end and people all over the world will get along peacefully, the dreams and demands of the Helmand Peace Convoy should give us courage and evidence. When Amanullah Khateb joined the Convoy, now called the People’s Peace Movement (PPM), he didn’t

Breaking Through the Normalcy of Los Alamos on Hiroshima Day

August 7, 2018 No Comments

Driving up the two-lane mountain road along the red and orange wall of rocks on one side and the shocking sheer cliff down to the sagebrush valley far below on the other into the surreal town of Los Alamos, New Mexico, one would think—life is good, all is well, the world is beautiful, this is the true landscape of peace,

In Memoriam: A Tribute to a Cloud of Witnesses

July 31, 2018 No Comments

Our community of peace-and-justice-makers has lost several beloved members in the past few weeks. This is a small but heartfelt personal tribute to a half-dozen people whose lives have touched mine and who have passed from this earthly journey in recent days. Next week I will fly to Ithaca, New York, to attend the August 11 memorial service for Dorothy

In Memoriam: A Tribute to a Cloud of Witnesses

July 31, 2018 No Comments

Our community of peace-and-justice-makers has lost several beloved members in the past few weeks. This is a small but heartfelt personal tribute to a half-dozen people whose lives have touched mine and who have passed from this earthly journey in recent days. Next week I will fly to Ithaca, New York, to attend the August 11 memorial service for Dorothy

Standing With Refugees on the Border

July 30, 2018 No Comments

This is the end of my fourth day in McAllen, Texas. I’m here with a group from my church, Epworth United Methodist. What is happening here is unfathomable, and despite what our government wants us to believe, what has been reported of parents being separated from children, people being forced to stay for days, weeks, and months in cages, no

Standing With Refugees on the Border

July 30, 2018 No Comments

This is the end of my fourth day in McAllen, Texas. I’m here with a group from my church, Epworth United Methodist. What is happening here is unfathomable, and despite what our government wants us to believe, what has been reported of parents being separated from children, people being forced to stay for days, weeks, and months in cages, no