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“To Prevent or Stop Wars: What can Peace Movements Do?” A Review

April 24, 2017 No Comments

To Prevent or Stop Wars: What can Peace Movements Do? by Christine Schweitzer with Jorgen Johansen (Irene Publishing, Sweden, www.Irenepublishing.com) Christine Schweitzer, the current chair of the War Resisters’ International and very involved with the Balkans Peace Team during the 1980s Yugoslav wars, has written a useful analysis of peace organizations opposition to government military policy, basically using secondary sources.

Urgent: Signatures needed today to support Bishop Karen Oliveto

April 24, 2017 No Comments

I believe the next few days will be viewed in years to come as one of the turning points for LGBTQIA justice. Tomorrow in Newark NJ, the United Methodist Church will decide whether or not to begin officially dismantling its discriminatory policies against queer persons. Last year I was one of 111 United Methodist clergy who came out in a

Urgent: Signatures needed today to support Bishop Karen Oliveto

April 24, 2017 No Comments

I believe the next few days will be viewed in years to come as one of the turning points for LGBTQIA justice. Tomorrow in Newark NJ, the United Methodist Church will decide whether or not to begin officially dismantling its discriminatory policies against queer persons. Last year I was one of 111 United Methodist clergy who came out in a

U.S. Missile Strike Reportedly Killed Children

April 10, 2017 No Comments

When I learned that President Trump unilaterally ordered 59 missile strikes against the Al Shayrat Airfield in Syria, a quote by Mahatma Gandhi came to mind. “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.” According to the UK’s Independent, Syrian state media has claimed that the attack

U.S. Missile Strike Reportedly Killed Children

April 10, 2017 No Comments

When I learned that President Trump unilaterally ordered 59 missile strikes against the Al Shayrat Airfield in Syria, a quote by Mahatma Gandhi came to mind. “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.” According to the UK’s Independent, Syrian state media has claimed that the attack

Military attacks are not the answer to Syria’s suffering

April 7, 2017 No Comments

On Tuesday, images of scores of Syrians whose bodies had been ravaged by a chemical attack horrified the world, even many who have become all but inoculated to the face of suffering. While fingers pointed this way and that with blame for the use of chemical weapons, the magnitude of this tragedy called on each person of conscience to respond.