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Join June 6 webinar on Nonviolence Training Opportunities

May 24, 2017 No Comments

Join the Fellowship of Reconciliation and several ally groups for a live webinar and conversation with Sarah Thompson and Matt Guynn to learn more about the foundations of Kingian Nonviolence and how to put these practices into action when you see someone experiencing violence. Sarah Thompson is executive director of Christian Peacemaker Teams, an organization committed to transforming violence and oppression

From Afghanistan to my #Mother!, and the child in everyone

May 24, 2017 No Comments

By Dr. Hakim Dear mom and fellow members of the human family, I love my 77-year-old frugal, hardworking, self-sacrificial Han Chinese Singaporean mother, so when Trump’s military/government dropped what they nicknamed the “Mother of All Bombs” (MOAB) on Achin District in Afghanistan, I knew I had to do something about this psycho-social disease of “war.” I mean, my mom is

From Afghanistan to my #Mother!, and the child in everyone

May 24, 2017 No Comments

By Dr. Hakim Dear mom and fellow members of the human family, I love my 77-year-old frugal, hardworking, self-sacrificial Han Chinese Singaporean mother, so when Trump’s military/government dropped what they nicknamed the “Mother of All Bombs” (MOAB) on Achin District in Afghanistan, I knew I had to do something about this psycho-social disease of “war.” I mean, my mom is

Korean tensions: Could they slip out of control?

May 8, 2017 No Comments

There have been, over the years since the 1953 armistace, periodic increases of tensions related to the policies of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Currently, the nuclear program and missile launches of North Korea, the establishment of sophisticated anti-missile systems in South Korea, increased sanctions against North Korea voted by

Korean tensions: Could they slip out of control?

May 8, 2017 No Comments

There have been, over the years since the 1953 armistace, periodic increases of tensions related to the policies of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). Currently, the nuclear program and missile launches of North Korea, the establishment of sophisticated anti-missile systems in South Korea, increased sanctions against North Korea voted by

Another Step Forward in the Quest for LGBTQIA Justice in the UMC

May 4, 2017 No Comments

Last week I wrote about the cases in the United Methodist Church related to the full inclusion of LGBTQIA persons. Hundreds of FOR supporters responded immediately to sign as supporters of the Easter Letter released by the United Methodist Queer Clergy Caucus: THANK YOU! As a member of Queer Clergy Caucus, I was in Newark for those hearings: we sang, we prayed, we