Emily Welty writes in Third Way Cafe about the MCC Washington Office’s witness on Iran: After 40 years, the Washington Office continues to wrestle with how to integrate the demands of faithfulness and effectiveness. In responding to the issue of Iran, we were led both by our firm commitment to peaceful resolution of conflict as…
Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach has a new article on the Third Way Cafe website on the Global Security Priorities Resolution in the House. “Reps. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) and Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) have introduced a resolution that seeks to turn weapons that could bring great harm into programs that nurture healthy lives…” Read more.
Gabe Schlabach has a new article in this month’s PeaceSigns e-zine, detailing one of the torture hearings that has taken place in Congress over the last few months. Despite the disturbing information coming from these hearings, he concludes: There is a silver lining to the explicit approval and use of torture by the current Administration:…
Tammy Alexander has a new article out for Third Way Cafe, in which she discusses some of her recent opportunities to inspire – and to be inspired – through Anabaptists’ peace and justice work. A short excerpt: In Washington, it’s hard to know how many churches are taking an active interest in the peace and…
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