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Mother of Exiles: #lovetrumpshate

December 10, 2016 No Comments

In 2016, President-elect Donald Trump threatened to put Muslim citizens on a registry, once elected. Let’s continue building a nation that welcomes all people in 2017. The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus (1883) Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a

Mother of Exiles: #lovetrumpshate

December 10, 2016 No Comments

In 2016, President-elect Donald Trump threatened to put Muslim citizens on a registry, once elected. Let’s continue building a nation that welcomes all people in 2017. The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus (1883) Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a

See How We Live

December 8, 2016 No Comments

Here in Kabul, I’m generally an early riser at the home of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, but I’m seldom alone. Facing exams, my young friends awaken early and then stay up late to study. Before sunrise this morning, eighteen year old Ghulamai sits in the kitchen, poring over his textbook. His efforts have made him number one in his class

See How We Live

December 8, 2016 No Comments

Here in Kabul, I’m generally an early riser at the home of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, but I’m seldom alone. Facing exams, my young friends awaken early and then stay up late to study. Before sunrise this morning, eighteen year old Ghulamai sits in the kitchen, poring over his textbook. His efforts have made him number one in his class

Continuing Genocidal Dangers of the Darfur Conflicts

December 7, 2016 No Comments

Displaced persons with water tank in Geneina, West Darfur in 2007. (Photo: Courtesy of WikiCommons) 9 December is the anniversary of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The Genocide Convention is a landmark in the effort to develop a system of universally accepted standards which promote an equitable world order for all members of the

To move to a different place, a better place, a safer space, we must wrestle

December 6, 2016 No Comments

To move to a different place, a better place, a safer space, we must wrestle. It does not seem right or fair. With there being a God for all of us, it seems like wrestling, struggling, ought not be necessary –at least not ongoing wrestling. We get the impression by reading the Bible that Jacob wrestled with the angel, wrestled