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Progress, Violence, and Change

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

 

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How Will You See?

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

We have all heard the seemingly endless variety of calls to optimism. Whether it’s the glass being half full, every cloud having a silver lining, or one of the others the truth is that choosing to see life positively does … Continue reading →

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Daily Teaching for Sunday, January 20th

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Peace is possible but seldom found in business as usual and never found in merely wishing things were different.

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Daily Teaching for Sunday, November 11th

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Today is Veterans Day. If we really wanted to honor veterans, we would get serious about ending war permanently and so ensure old men would never send young men and women to die again. There is a better way. It … Continue reading →

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Daily Teaching for Sunday, October 28th

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War accomplishes nothing. It creates enemies, destroys culture, shatters economies on both sides, steals money that could be used to feed and educate, kills and maims, and often as not the peace is even more destructive than the war. When … Continue reading →

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Daily Teaching for Monday, May 28th

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I have said it before and I will say it again. The only way to truly honor veterans is to end war, end the production and stockpiling of nuclear weapons, and end violence of every kind. Anything else is a … Continue reading →

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Daily Teaching for May 1st, 2010

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Protests may sometimes be necessary to raise awareness, but quite often we don’t reflect on the symbolism we use in our protest. I have never, for example, quite understood why people protesting military violence have often chosen violent symbolism as … Continue reading →

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Daily Teaching for Thursday, April 19th

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

Silence is golden, and in urban areas like where I live there is far too little of it. I love living in the city, but hate the noise – people yelling, blasting music, fighting, talking so loud they can be … Continue reading →

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Daily Teaching for Wednesday, April 18th

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It is impossible to work for peace and reconciliation while using the rhetoric of division and disunity.

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Trayvon Martin, the Bigger Picture

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

By now, most of America is aware of the tragic death of Trayvon Martin at the hands of George Zimmerman. I don’t feel there is a need to review the details of the crime for anyone not living in a … Continue reading →

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