Swords Into Plowshares christmas Archives

December 1, 2015

An invitation to “Choose Welcome”

Posted 10:58pm

reprinted from the blog of the Rev. Gradye Parsons, Stated Clerk of the General Assembly I can count on one hand the number of times I have spent Christmas in my own home as an adult. We have shared that day with grandparents and other family. In a pre-Amazon era, we hid presents among the… Read more »

December 11, 2012

Advent/Christmas service from Bethlehem and Washingon

Posted 12:15pm

O Little Town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie;Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by. A Simultaneous Service fromWashington National CathedralandThe Evangelical Lutheran Christmas ChurchIn Bethlehem, Palestine Saturday, December 22, 201210:00 AM EST in Washington, DC5:00 PM in BethlehemJoin live on-line Wherever you are in the world, you are… Read more »

November 21, 2011

Take opposition to sex slavery and trafficking on the road

Posted 10:00am

Looking for a stocking stuffer? Consider a TassaTag. TassaTags are 4″x6″ bright, hand-woven cotton luggage tags. TassaTags serve a much larger purpose than simply helping you spot your luggage. Each purchase of a TassaTag supports ECPAT-USA (End Child Prostitution and Trafficking), a non-profit children’s rights organization whose mission is to protect children in the US… Read more »

January 11, 2011

Egypt’s Muslims attend Coptic Christmas mass, serving as “human shields”

Posted 2:25pm

Egypt’s Muslims attend Coptic Christmas mass, serving as “human shields” – Ahram Online. Egypt’s majority Muslim population stuck to its word Thursday night. What had been a promise of solidarity to the weary Coptic community, was honoured, when thousands of…

December 25, 2010

Advent Devotion – December 25, 2010

Posted 1:00pm

Scripture – Isaiah 52:7–10, Psalm 98, Hebrews 1:1–12, and John 1:1–14 Christmas Day! Behold the wonder of this day—a day of anticipations fulfilled! Rejoice and be glad! A Son is born! The psalmist exclaimed that the Lord will come to…

December 23, 2010

Heads of Christian churches in Jerusalem issue Christmas message

Posted 2:26am

The heads of Christian churches in Jerusalem have issued a joint Christmas message for 2010 condemning violence in any form and saying that peace and reconciliation requires the active participation of people of faith. Full text of the message: “Glory…

December 21, 2010

Fear Not: Christmas Message 2010: The Rt. Rev. Munib Younan, Bishop ELCJHL

Posted 3:48pm

Christmas Message 2010: The Rt. Rev. Munib Younan, Bishop ELCJHL. Bishop Younan, Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land, reflects on what he calls the first two words of Christmas: “Fear not.” These were the…

December 16, 2010

Open statement on the Lord’s Resistance Army

Posted 2:59pm

Open Statement on the Lord’s Resistance Army by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect One year ago today, over the course of four days, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) slaughtered 300 people in Haute Uele province in the…

December 16, 2010

The Killing of the Innocents in Congo

Posted 2:19pm

From America: The National Catholic Weekly by Kevin Clarke, originally posted on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 05:51:23 PM You may be aware that conditions in Sudan are reaching a crisis point as the referendum on southern independence comes up January…

December 13, 2010

For the peace of Jerusalem

Posted 2:49am

Send a Christmas card to President Obama. For the Peace of Jerusalem is a national Christian campaign for Israeli-Palestinian peace now. We are calling for valiant U.S. leadership in the peace process and we believe that this peace must be…

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