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FOR & national groups urge Senate vote for ATF nominee

As the United States Senate prepares to vote today on President Biden’s nomination of Steve Dettelbach as the next director of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and Explosives, a coalition of faith-based organizations has issued a public

July 12, 2022 No Comments

They Are Us: Buffalo and the Sanctity of Whiteness

The racially-motivated act of hate on Saturday in Buffalo, New York, allegedly committed by an 18-year-old white supremacist, is being called the deadliest mass shooting in the United States this year. It was the 198th mass shooting in 2022, and

May 18, 2022 No Comments

2018 Sanctuary Everywhere — Lenten Season: A Liturgy for the Time of Uncertainty

2018 Sanctuary Everywhere Season of Lent: A Liturgy for the Time of Uncertainty CALL TO WORSHIP: Leader: Wait upon the Lord God! Hold fast to your longing for rescue. People: We will sing a song of silence, For our desire of

February 27, 2018 No Comments

The “New Normal” Strategy Just Expired

ASH WEDNESDAY 2018 The “New Normal” Strategy Just Expired. America has been under the assumption that school shootings will just stop. So – Sandy Hook didn’t happen? And – Virginia Tech an aberration? Then – Columbine a myth? Second Amendment

February 14, 2018 No Comments

The “New Normal” Strategy Just Expired

ASH WEDNESDAY 2018 The “New Normal” Strategy Just Expired. America has been under the assumption that school shootings will just stop. So – Sandy Hook didn’t happen? And – Virginia Tech an aberration? Then – Columbine a myth? Second Amendment

February 14, 2018 No Comments

The “New Normal” Strategy Just Expired

ASH WEDNESDAY 2018 The “New Normal” Strategy Just Expired. America has been under the assumption that school shootings will just stop. So – Sandy Hook didn’t happen? And – Virginia Tech an aberration? Then – Columbine a myth? Second Amendment

February 14, 2018 No Comments

2018 Sanctuary Everywhere: A liturgical offering

2018 Sanctuary Everywhere An opening message from the author/liturgist, Michael Harrington: 2018 Sanctuary Everywhere is a plea hoping to find a foothold and a family of co-conspirators who are looking for refuge and giving haven along the way. “2018se” is

January 23, 2018 No Comments

The Physiological Impact of Fear: Finding Hope at a Newtown Memorial Vigil

I am here tonight for many reasons. I am a grandmother of two boys, ages 5 and 7, and I want to make the world safer for them. I am a member of Grandmothers Against Guns. I am also the

December 18, 2017 No Comments

FOR joins faith-based coalition in commemorating gun violence anniversaries

This coming week, our nation will pause twice to remember a pair of tragic anniversaries. On June 12, we observe the one-year commemoration of the massacre in Orlando, Florida, during which more than 100 people were killed or seriously wounded.

June 8, 2017 No Comments

FOR joins faith-based coalition in commemorating gun violence anniversaries

This coming week, our nation will pause twice to remember a pair of tragic anniversaries. On June 12, we observe the one-year commemoration of the massacre in Orlando, Florida, during which more than 100 people were killed or seriously wounded.

June 8, 2017 No Comments

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