Archive for the 'Violence' Category

Prayer for Pakistan

by Roy Howard
Merciful God of all people, we remember before you the people of  Pakistan in the hour of their grief and the crisis of their nation. In this time, work with those who seek the peace of all people, that the leaders of Pakistan, along with other world leaders, would be instruments of wisdom […]

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

Christmas Poem 2007

by Jim Burklo
O little town of Bethlehem
A wall thee now divides
Above thy concertina wire
The silent stars go by
Beyond the wall the soldiers
Aim rifles toward the sky
Militias roaming streets inside
Ignore the baby’s cry
The settlements and suicides
Injustice, greed and hate,
O little town, you seem to drown
In tears for your hapless fate
But hear the choir of angels
Their great […]

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Jesus’ Extreme Makeover: Breaking the Aggression Cycle

by Fred Weidmann
In a (quite good and interesting) recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education titled “The Targets of Aggression” (Chronicle Review, October 5, 2007), David Barash considers the matter of misplaced aggression and like  countless others before him—preachers and Christian educators foremost among them—cites Jesus’ teachings “to love our enemies and if slapped, […]

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007