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Tag: Gun Violence

The Power of Interfaith Prayer: Healing words of hope in times of violence - Part 1

The Power of Interfaith Prayer: Healing words of hope in times of violence – Part 1

Posted on July 25, 2016July 21, 2016 by DeShannon Bowens
On July 4th, the United States of America celebrated its 240th year of independence from Great Britain. My ancestors were enslaved until 1863. Unfortunately, the Emancipation Proclamation did not inst... Read More
(-ish)(-less)(-ness)(-loathing): The Self/Soul and The Insidiousness of Mass Violence

(-ish)(-less)(-ness)(-loathing): The Self/Soul and The Insidiousness of Mass Violence

Posted on June 15, 2016June 18, 2016 by Katelynn Carver
I remember, over a decade ago, the first time I encountered the Wiccan Rede. Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill, An it harm none do what ye will I thought that made sense; felt, somehow, that for all... Read More
An Open Letter to NH Governor Maggie Hassan

An Open Letter to NH Governor Maggie Hassan

Posted on January 8, 2016January 7, 2016 by Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder
Dear Governor Hassan, In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris and your subsequent call to halt the process of allowing Syrian refugees to cross into our country, I write to ask for your compassi... Read More
Loving Courage to Worship the Gungod No More

Loving Courage to Worship the Gungod No More

Posted on September 18, 2013September 19, 2013 by Paul Joseph Greene
I am calling for us to end our perverse worship of the Gungod. I am calling for us to end the daily slaughter which is the perverse liturgy that drenches our communities with the gore of human blood ... Read More
The NRA has no shame. Let’s give them some.

The NRA has no shame. Let’s give them some.

Posted on March 5, 2013March 4, 2013 by Jason Tippitt
Keep this in mind, as it will be important later: In 2002, one David Gardner paid a visit on Long Island, N.Y., to relatives of Adolf Hitler who had lived in the United States for five decades under a... Read More
Adam Lanza and The Pain of the Introvert

Adam Lanza and The Pain of the Introvert

Posted on January 7, 2013January 7, 2013 by Christopher Fici
Now that we have had some time over the holidays to reflect further and perhaps even find some meaning in the inconceivable meaninglessness of the tragedy at Newtown, we can begin to move towards a he... Read More
Please Stop Making God an Accomplice to the Newtown Massacre

Please Stop Making God an Accomplice to the Newtown Massacre

Posted on December 21, 2012December 21, 2012 by Paul Joseph Greene
No one knows what to say in moments like this. But we utter many things about God. Do we really mean these things? The divine love is not complicit in their deaths. The divine love does not call the... Read More

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