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Your donation toward the light

December 30, 2016 No Comments

As 2016 comes to a close, we stand at the precipice of what may be a future fraught with tests of our conviction that only light can drive out darkness. With anticipation of great challenges ahead, we’re sure that we will stand strong together. The Fellowship of Reconciliation will continue to walk the path toward justice, and we will hold fast to

Fighting the Feeling of Hopelessness

December 26, 2016 No Comments

In a recent program on CNN, Lisa Ling, who hosts “This is Life,” interviewed people who were addicted to drugs. Some were black, others white, but all had the same struggle. I watched bits and pieces of the program but heard the comments of the African American men. Most of those to whom she talked were in prison; others

Fighting the Feeling of Hopelessness

December 26, 2016 No Comments

In a recent program on CNN, Lisa Ling, who hosts “This is Life,” interviewed people who were addicted to drugs. Some were black, others white, but all had the same struggle. I watched bits and pieces of the program but heard the comments of the African American men. Most of those to whom she talked were in prison; others

Christmas in Karbala

December 24, 2016 No Comments

Karbala, Iraq–It is Christmas day, and I am in Karbala with dear friends. We awoke to a second day of rain, and pictures of flooding, especially in Baghdad, are being shown on TV. Yesterday, on Christmas-eve, several tents caught fire in a camp for the internally displaced near Mosel. As I write you, I am looking at the charred remains

The Longest Night and the Growing Light

December 21, 2016 No Comments

The year 2016 will be remembered by many as a year of divisive politics fed by hateful rhetoric, scapegoating of the other, and fear of the unknown. “Refugee” and “radical extremists” became controversial buzzwords. A new generation of American citizens, Muslims and Sikhs, through guilt by association, became the current focus in a continuous cycle of targeted racism. Anti-Muslim rhetoric and fear

The Longest Night and the Growing Light

December 21, 2016 No Comments

The year 2016 will be remembered by many as a year of divisive politics fed by hateful rhetoric, scapegoating of the other, and fear of the unknown. “Refugee” and “radical extremists” became controversial buzzwords. A new generation of American citizens, Muslims and Sikhs, through guilt by association, became the current focus in a continuous cycle of targeted racism. Anti-Muslim rhetoric and fear