Dear all, Please take time to read this and do something about it. We don’t want a war. The Petition What follows is a petition that will be forwarded to President Bush, and other world leaders, urging them to avoid war as a response to the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center and the […]
Marc H. Ellis Less than a week after the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Jews around the world enter into the most difficult and somber holy days of the Jewish calendar. The time between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is known as the Days of Awe and Repentance. In the shadow […]
Why are we despised? [September 24, 2001] Boulder examines the conscience of a country – – – – – – – – – – – – by Pamela White () As the dust settled on Tuesday’s shocking terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C., President George Bush vowed the United States would find and […]
Jewish World Review August 17, 2001 / 28 Menachem-Av, 5761 George Will A War And Then A Wall http://www.jewishworldreview.com — AMONG reasonable people, who are now impervious to the diplomats’ anesthetizing imbecilities about “preserving” the Middle East “peace process,” there is a crystallizing consensus: Israel needs a short war and a high wall. To understand […]
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell… Why By Chris Wright We have a new forbidden word in these United States. Alongside the various swear words we cannot use on television, on the radio, or in print media, there is another word which has been banned from public view. WHY. The most common word out of the mouths […]
We utterly deny all outward wars and strife and fighting with outward weapons for any end or under any pretense whatsoever; this is our testimony to the whole world. The Spirit of Christ by which we are guided is not changeable, so as once to command us from a thing of evil and again to […]
H e a r t s & M i n d s +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A Religious Response to Terrorism by Jim Wallis The following is a statement from me and several other American religious leaders in response to what happened yesterday. It will go out tomorrow to religious leaders across the country (with an invitation to […]
September 18, 2001 A testimony of God’s hand of protection amidst tragedy Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, began like any other day for Bethel Assembly of God deacon and Sunday school superintendent Stanley Praimnath of Elmont, Long Island. He got up early, took a shower, prayed, got ready and headed for work. The drive was uneventful. […]
Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh talks about how listening is the first step towards peace. Interview by Anne A. Simpkinson Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese monk in the Zen tradition, who worked tirelessly for peace during the Vietnam War, rebuilding villages destroyed by the hostilities. Following an anti-war lecture tour in the United States, […]
In aus.religion.christian A ‘Net friend wrote: > Chris Ho-Stuart wrote: > >> I actually think this was a case of the government putting into >> action the feelings Australians currently have about illegal >> immigrants. In recent years I have sometimes felt embarassed by >> views expressed in Australia, by what I have thought was […]