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Women
of Faith: In action for new directions
May 2008
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Faith
in Action May 2008:
Mother's Day for Peace
It's hard to imagine, but Mother's Day originated as a cry
for peace in the wake of war. In 1872 Julia Ward Howe--mother, abolitionist, poet, and
suffragist--envisioned that for one
day each year the women of the world
would call for peace. She named it Mother's
Peace Day.
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Faith
in Action April 2008:
Blood Crying Out from the Earth
There is a particularly compelling relationship between
ecology and war. What is the carbon
footprint of an F-A-22 fighter jet manufactured
in the state of Georgia and flown half way
around the world to engage a so-called enemy?
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At WAND we have been working hard to create a new resource for people
of faith that helps them to discern the roles
that congregations can play in legal, non-partisan
election activities.
We are pleased to announce that "In Times of Great Decision:
How Congregations Can Take Part in Legal,
Non-Partisan Election Activities"
is now available for use in your community
of faith. Click
here to check it out.
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Faith
in Action March 2008:
A Holy Week
Those of us in the Christian tradition are grappling with
a Holy Week that includes the fifth anniversary
of the invasion of Iraq.
What does it mean to remember Jesus' death at
the same time that we reflect on our nation’s
five year occupation of Iraq? |
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Faith
in Action January 2008
Americans
are aching for change. We have had seven
long years of famine in the land--a shortage of
trustworthiness, a scarcity of integrity, a dearth
of dignity, a lack of peace and prosperity for
ordinary Americans. We are hungry for change. |
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Faith
in Action December 2007: Prisoners
of Hope As the days
grow cold and the nights long, the warm lure of
the holiday season beckons...
The simple irony that dawns on many people of
faith at some point as we rush about, credit card
in hand, is that this holy season was never supposed
to be about grandiose gifts or lavish table settings. |
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Faith
in Action November 2007: Extravagant
Hospitality
This
year, as we gather around tables heavy with
a harvest of good food, surrounded by families
who have traveled great distances, may we give
thanks for the moment. May we practice the extravagant
hospitality of Abraham's tribe. May our tent
be open to all four corners of the earth, so
that we can welcome even the stranger, no matter
the direction from which they come. |
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"Faith
Seeking Peace" Curriculum Speaks to Women
of Faith
The six study
guides place Biblical texts in conversation
with the critical issues of our day -- such
as terrorism and national security, federal
budget priorities, nuclear weapons and war.
Learn
more. |
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Faith
in Action July 2007: Interdependence
Day
I invite you this 4th of
July to celebrate with all people who have known
the taste of freedom. Celebrate with all those
who are no longer shackled--not by poverty or
privilege, not by hatred or fear. |
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Arise
Mothers!
On January 25th, at 4:10am, Myles emerged into
the world, weighing in at 8 lbs 3 oz. He was
bigger than I expected and more beautiful than
I could have imagined. They say that the birth
of a first child is also the birth of a mother.
And so Myles and I share this birth date and
the indescribable experience of one being becoming
disentangled from another…the birth of
a child and the birth of a mother. |
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Rendering
Unto Caesar: Tax Time Again
With so many of our dollars going to fight a
war so few of us believe in, tax time inundates
us with an ethical dilemma. Some of
us pay our taxes with a grumble, others are
war tax resisters, and some pay taxes while
advocating for a shift in federal spending priorities—but
we each have to decide for ourselves how we
will navigate life as a citizen of the empire.
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There
is a Balm in Gilead
For a decade now, I have owned a CD collection
of some of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches
and sermons. I listen to it anytime I'm in need
of some spirited inspiration. There's one excerpt
from a sermon that I turn to whenever I need some
encouraging... |
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Iraq
by the numbers. 4: Number of years the Iraq
war has lasted.
Please join us this weekend as we mark
the 4th anniversary of the Iraq war. Click here
for events, and for more numbers. |
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Love.
Not war. Nothing says "I love you"
like an anti-war ad on Capitol Hill.
Valentine's Day 2007
Skip
the candy and the flowers this year.
Show your love by helping to pay for an ad that
speaks out clearly against a military action
on Iran.
The ad will be in CQ Daily
on Tuesday and Thursday this week.
Please
help WAND pay for this ad! We're aiming
to make an impact, and a difference, NOW.
Thanks! See
the full ad. |
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Awaiting
the Birth of Peace
Winter is the season of waiting,
the season of faithful anticipation. In the midst
of cold wind on frozen ground, we anticipate the
warmth of God’s promise. In the days that
become shorter and nights that become longer,
we anticipate the light of God’s presence.
We wait, we anticipate, we hope, because we need
God to come to us again in a new way. |
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Breaking
the Silence: Talking with Iran
"Though
the unjust judge was not swayed by moral arguments,
he eventually tired of his stubborn ways. Why? Because the voice of the widow buzzed in his
ear incessantly, like a bothersome mosquito. And
he realized it just wasn't in his best interest
to stay his present course. Our
nation's course of action is even less sustainable."
Click
here for more.
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Words,
NOT WAR, with Iran: Religious Leaders Speak
Out
"While we agree Iran should
not obtain nuclear weapons or support terrorism,
we come together as religious leaders to urge
that the U.S. engage in direct negotiations
with Iran as an alternative to military action
inresolving the crisis." Click
here for more. |
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The
Middle East on Nukes
Amanda Hendler-Voss ponders
the
violence in Lebanon and the anniversary of the
bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Click
here to read all about it. |
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Remembering
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Hiroshima
and Nagasaki were
bombed 61 years ago this August. Many of us
are incorporating a remembrance of these events
in our services. Here is some information from
Faithful Security that is helpful and inspiring.
Thanks.
Click
here to read all about it. |
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Amanda
on Mother's Peace Day
Each
May I pace past drug store rows of pastel colored
cards, with my mother on my mind, when it dawns
upon me again. Mother’s Day has been hijacked
by niceties.
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Amanda
on the "Three-year-old War"
"American progress is rooted in
our values. We value the future for Lydia's generation
more than this war. We value access to health
care and a quality education for children more
than bombs, increasing affordable housing more
than a new generation of nukes." To read
more: click
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