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55. <i>"The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state.  It must be the guide and the critic of the state, and never its tool. If the church does not recapture its poetic zeal, it will become an irrelevant social club without moral and spiritual authority. If the church does not participate actively in the struggle for peace and for economic and racial justice, it will forfeit the loyalty of millions and cause people everywhere to say that it has atrophied its will.  But if the church will free itself from the shackles of a deadening status quo, and, recovering its great historic mission, will speak and act fearlessly and insistently in terms of justice and peace, it will enkindle the imagination of mankind and fire the souls of men, imbuing them with a glowing and ardent love for truth, justice, and peace.  People far and near will know the church as a great fellowship of love that provides light and bread for lonely travellers at midnight."</i></blockquote>
56. (From a sermon published under the title ""Why Jesus Called A Wise Man A Fool" and in two books of King's sermons as "A Knock at Midnight" -- in Strength to Love, 1963, and later in a book with the title, A Knock at Midnight.  The sermon appears on page 51 and 61 respectively.  The reference of the final words is King's text, Luke 11:5-6.   An annotated version of King's notes was compiled for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, as well as a brief description of its writing and the first time King preached it for the Youth Sunday Services of a Baptist convention in Sept., 1958. It also includes footnotes on many of King's references. Here's the link: <br />
57. <a href="http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/primarydocuments/Vol6/14Sept1958AKnockatMidnight.pdf">http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/primarydocuments/Vol6/14Sept1958AKnockatMidnight.pdf</a>. <br />
58. King used all or parts of it in other settings and later expanded it for publication in his book of sermons, Strength to Love as noted above.) Audio excerpts are available at: <br />
59. <a href="http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/kingweb/publications/sermons/multimedia/KAM.htm">http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/kingweb/publications/sermons/multimedia/KAM.htm</a><br />
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63. From the LPF website:</div>
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65. <li><a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/MLK_insert.pdf" style="font-weight: normal;">Martin Luther King quotes reflecting some of the breadth of Dr. King's thought.</a></li>
66. <li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/MLK_insert.pdf">Vision and Challenge of Martin Luther King, Jr.</a> - </span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Useful as a bulletin insert.</span></li>
67. <li><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/martin-luther-king.html">More resources and videos about Martin Luther King and nonviolence</a></span></li>
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70. <b>Martin Luther King's Works</b> -- talks, sermons, letters (including early drafts & mark-ups) etc. The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change has opened an online digital archive of Dr. King's works.  <a href="http://www.mlkonline.net/" target="_blank">http://www.mlkonline.net/</a><br />
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72. <b>Two great articles:</b><br />
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74. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leo-w-gerard">Occupy: Resurrecting Rev. King's Final Dream</a><br />
75. by Leo W. Gerard<br />
76. International President, United Steelworkers <br />
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78. <a href="http://wagingnonviolence.org/2012/01/how-to-learn-nonviolent-resistance-as-king-did/">How to Learn Nonviolent Resistance as King Did </a><br />
79. by Mary Elizabeth King<br />
80. also <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/01/16-5">distributed by Common Dreams</a><br />
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82. Check out the trailer for "Selma" which is getting rave reviews:<br />
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88. One of Dr. King's great speeches:<br />
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96. </description><link>http://lutheranpeace.blogspot.com/2017/01/birthday-of-martin-luther-king-jr.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (griots)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484403481583804743.post-2705727267888208235</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2017 13:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-01-01T05:03:00.139-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">discrimination</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Epiphany</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">migration</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">refugees</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">The Church in the World</category><title>Epiphany</title><description>&lt;strong&gt;Migrants and Refugees&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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99. <em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Now  when they had departed, behold,( an angel of the Lord appeared to  Joseph in a dream and said, "Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee  to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for  the child, to destroy him."  And  he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt and remained there until the death of Herod. (Matthew  2:13-15)</span></span></strong></em></blockquote>
100. <em><strong><br /></strong></em>National Migration Week 2015 will be held from January 4-10 with a primary theme of "We are One Family Under God." <em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">As  a child, Jesus himself experienced migration when he had to seek refuge in  Egypt together with Joseph and Mary in order to flee the threats of Herod.<br /><br />How we treat migrants,  refugees, and undocumented people in the USA is a  hot topic today. Pressure to migrate due to global economic problems, conflict, and climate change mean this will remain a hot topic. Here  are a list of websites and resources for understanding the issue from a  Christian perspective:</span></span></strong></em><br />
101. <em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span>  <a href="http://www.lirs.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Lutheran Immigration  and Refugee Service</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span>  <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.elca.org/What-We-Believe/Social-Issues/Messages/Immigration.aspx" target="_blank">ELCA  Message on Migration</a></span></span></strong></em><br />
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105. <a href="http://itsourcommunity.blogspot.com/">Immigration: It's Our Community - Friends Committee on National Legislation.</a></div>
106. <div>
107. <br /></div>
108. <div>
109. <a href="http://reformimmigrationforamerica.org/">Reform  Immigration for America</a></div>
110. <div>
111. <div>
112. <em><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://reformimmigrationforamerica.org/"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://americasvoiceonline.org/">America's Voice</a></span></strong></em></div>
113. </div>
114. </description><link>http://lutheranpeace.blogspot.com/2017/01/epiphany.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (griots)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484403481583804743.post-8580900210192492441</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2016 22:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-12-21T14:32:22.998-08:00</atom:updated><title>Help a Mobile Generation Take the Tools of Justice and Peace and Put Them into Action</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
115. </div>
116. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
117. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6t2nK8QetDa2W2AmB2V6c6SMb9EqqfKQrKh06IvF3NgNeXkWtpSnvP_MfY7QYQSl_CpVc7IgP-tXIDBMPlkAUr6XE50ChwNjmE55yNQpRDXtfO81cxBMbTrvR4o7R-vbqJ5jHH4nK39SM/s1600/smartphone.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6t2nK8QetDa2W2AmB2V6c6SMb9EqqfKQrKh06IvF3NgNeXkWtpSnvP_MfY7QYQSl_CpVc7IgP-tXIDBMPlkAUr6XE50ChwNjmE55yNQpRDXtfO81cxBMbTrvR4o7R-vbqJ5jHH4nK39SM/s200/smartphone.png" width="109" /></a></div>
118. <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "lato" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Right now, a new generation is fired up and ready to act for peace and justice. These future leaders have no shortage of passion and energy. What they need--what we’d all benefit from--is an easy to use, mobile-friendly, responsive LPF website. This will help bring us all together and help equip us for meaningful action.</span><br />
119. <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "lato" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/funding-for-new-lpf-website" target="_blank">Click here</a> to help us </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "lato" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">take a big step forward: An all new website using the latest technology will create access for people using cell phones and tablets. We are committed to providing an easy to navigate, platform neutral website that will automatically respond to the window size on any smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop computer. This will allow us to deliver the content in an easy to read and easy to navigate format without resorting to zooming or delivering reduced content to mobile devices.</span><br />
120. &lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: lato, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.gofundme.com/funding-for-new-lpf-website&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;https://www.gofundme.com/funding-for-new-lpf-website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://lutheranpeace.blogspot.com/2016/12/help-mobile-generation-take-tools-of.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (griots)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6t2nK8QetDa2W2AmB2V6c6SMb9EqqfKQrKh06IvF3NgNeXkWtpSnvP_MfY7QYQSl_CpVc7IgP-tXIDBMPlkAUr6XE50ChwNjmE55yNQpRDXtfO81cxBMbTrvR4o7R-vbqJ5jHH4nK39SM/s72-c/smartphone.png" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484403481583804743.post-7433428968621630547</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2016 13:01:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-12-19T05:01:00.146-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Christmas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Consumerism</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">peacepoints</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">simplicity</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">The Church in the World</category><title>The Joys of the Season </title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
121. </div>
122. <h4>
123. <div style="text-align: center;">
124. Sometimes it comes as a sudden glimpse, or an <br />
125. insight emerging in a thoughtful moment: </div>
126. <div style="text-align: center;">
127.  “Why not a simpler, more meaningful <br />
128. Advent and Christmas?” </div>
129. </h4>
130. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9gEtAgqF4zcRpTfokb250tTvlqhZnGVTjhVU_bfs1aE5RdFaMMJAIqmkZauYMrPTIEfkApjXBYl0q6pH0ub-xrv-rE41j9e1KEHfPHg2wDByl9-sdcAxKZDEfwW3C7uBICQniq5JJGqL/s1600/SPEND_a_LOT2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685031603832579666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9gEtAgqF4zcRpTfokb250tTvlqhZnGVTjhVU_bfs1aE5RdFaMMJAIqmkZauYMrPTIEfkApjXBYl0q6pH0ub-xrv-rE41j9e1KEHfPHg2wDByl9-sdcAxKZDEfwW3C7uBICQniq5JJGqL/s200/SPEND_a_LOT2.jpg" style="float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 149px;" /></a>Of course, what we’re getting is commercialization of the season -- and at record-breaking levels.<br />
131. The good news: there’s a growing movement and a variety of resources and support for simplicity and sustainability. Indeed, there are deeply gratifying ways to prepare for and celebrate the coming of the Prince of Peace -- outside our culture's distorted, materialistic ways.<br />
132. LPF offers you a great resource on the subject: <br />
133. "<a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/PP_Reclaim_the_Season_9b.pdf">Reclaim the Season! Peace & Justice Living and Giving at Christmas and Throughout the Year.</a>" <br />
134. It’s one of our popular ‘Peace Points’ series, geared for individual and youth or adult group use.<br />
135. It offers a variety of alternative gift ideas, sources of fair trade gifts, ideas for discussion, and a great resource section with website and print materials.</description><link>http://lutheranpeace.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-joys-of-season.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (griots)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9gEtAgqF4zcRpTfokb250tTvlqhZnGVTjhVU_bfs1aE5RdFaMMJAIqmkZauYMrPTIEfkApjXBYl0q6pH0ub-xrv-rE41j9e1KEHfPHg2wDByl9-sdcAxKZDEfwW3C7uBICQniq5JJGqL/s72-c/SPEND_a_LOT2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484403481583804743.post-1005705838159287520</guid><pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2016 12:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-11-21T04:59:00.175-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">advocacy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">help poor</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Hunger</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Thanksgiving</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">The Church in the World</category><title>Happy Thanksgiving</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmgPKAJOiDhHpGXb37XLtCnVblb7mOcnE_IbIc-joMwGjTP1IQWugGTDgjJXUmEQufFYS2NRYVZ9S-Vqyk0YvWMJUGW5m2bQtchrdIWt01ylJiM7wZ_LeF1MKs-dmtwbWukxIOHsdn__O/s1600/thanksgiving.jpg&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408376966449152690&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmgPKAJOiDhHpGXb37XLtCnVblb7mOcnE_IbIc-joMwGjTP1IQWugGTDgjJXUmEQufFYS2NRYVZ9S-Vqyk0YvWMJUGW5m2bQtchrdIWt01ylJiM7wZ_LeF1MKs-dmtwbWukxIOHsdn__O/s320/thanksgiving.jpg&quot; style=&quot;cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 217px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 284px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Thanksgiving  is America’s time to gather with friends and family to share a delicious feast.  It involves giving thanks for having enough food to eat and having people with whom  one can share love, reflections and good company.&lt;br /&gt;
136. One would think that in a country of such  enormous abundance and wealth that everyone would be able to share and enjoy plenty  on this national holiday. But according to<a href="http://feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/hunger-facts/hunger-and-poverty-statistics.aspx#" target="_blank"> these statistics</a>, nearly one out of every six American families have had trouble getting enough food in recent years. While we can certainly attribute this fact to the  recent economic downturn and rising unemployment, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/opinion/18wed2.html?_r=1&th&emc=th">this study</a> showed that even before the recession began, more than two-thirds of  families with children who were defined as “food insecure” under federal guidelines  contained one or more full-time workers.<br />
137. <br />
138. LPF offers the following free online resources to raise awareness of and take action  to end hunger in America, and throughout the world:<br />
139. <br />
140. <a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/hunger.html">Hunger Resources</a><br />
141. <br />
142. <a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/HungerAwarenessMeal9d.pdf">Hunger  Awareness Meal</a> - This experiential meal illuminates hunger and poverty in  the world.<br />
143. <br />
144. Hunger  advocacy: Here´s <a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/advocacyupdate.pdf">how you can make yourself heard</a>, and <a href="http://www.capwiz.com/elca/issues/alert/?alertid=62170176&type=CO" target="_blank">how to send your message to your representative</a><br />
145. <br />
146. <a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/hunger_dev_links.htm" target="_blank">Hunger and Development  Links</a><br />
147. <br />
148. <a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/advocacyupdate_9-12.pdf" target="_blank">Advocacy Alert: 2012 Farm Bill</a><br />
149. <br />
150. This Thanksgiving, LPF is thankful as ever to you, our supporters. We give thanks for God and for you!<br />
151. <div>
152. <br /></div>
153. </description><link>http://lutheranpeace.blogspot.com/2016/11/happy-thanksgiving.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (griots)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmgPKAJOiDhHpGXb37XLtCnVblb7mOcnE_IbIc-joMwGjTP1IQWugGTDgjJXUmEQufFYS2NRYVZ9S-Vqyk0YvWMJUGW5m2bQtchrdIWt01ylJiM7wZ_LeF1MKs-dmtwbWukxIOHsdn__O/s72-c/thanksgiving.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484403481583804743.post-7001672653108590676</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2016 12:57:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-11-14T04:57:00.159-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Day of Prayer</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">peace education</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">The Church in the World</category><title>World Day of Prayer and Action for Children - November 20 </title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFGqPo5-Q7PERj04X3Nv7d-NYrsQtJOWtOY4mcQ9nyW5-kcUgW4wB6dqjDBLmG4oDMWayeO-a1Q_tnd6IA0d9PPRedx7KOsPypqilAKh2ozE1uaN1sItsX9dAm6gqUy2lhKeGVD1Y-GSVt/s1600/logo.png&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670117397689701794&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFGqPo5-Q7PERj04X3Nv7d-NYrsQtJOWtOY4mcQ9nyW5-kcUgW4wB6dqjDBLmG4oDMWayeO-a1Q_tnd6IA0d9PPRedx7KOsPypqilAKh2ozE1uaN1sItsX9dAm6gqUy2lhKeGVD1Y-GSVt/s200/logo.png&quot; style=&quot;cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 66px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
154. <div>
155. What if all the religions of the world devoted one day a year to prayers and visible actions to promote the well-being of children?  It would make an enormous difference for peace, and send a potent message worldwide.</div>
156. <div>
157. <br /></div>
158. <div>
159. This international movement is already happening! In 2008, Arigatou International launched the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children.  Every November 20, people of faith and secular partners organize a community festival at a house of worship or public place.  They follow up with a concrete project that will improve the lives of children in their area. See <a href="http://www.dayofprayerandaction.org/">www.dayofprayerandaction.org</a> for more info.</div>
160. <div>
161. <br /></div>
162. World Day Convening Chair Kul Gautam gives a video message. He is standing at the UN Assembly Building in New York City, in front of a monument to non-violence donated by Luxembourg.<br />
163. <br />
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165. <br />
166. <br />
167. <div>
168. UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake says, "Peace and security are the foundation of a world fit for children. Wars not only kill children, they breed disease and destroy economic hope. And in the end, real peace is not found in a piece of diplomatic paper. It is found in the secure and healthy lives of girls and boys." Mr. Lake played a key part in shaping policies that led to peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Northern Ireland, among other hotspots. (From</div>
169. <div>
170. <a href="http://www.unicef.org/about/who/index_53462.html">http://www.unicef.org/about/who/index_53462.html</a>.)<br />
171. <br /></div>
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173. St Martin of  Tours is known as the first conscientious objector and a great peacemaker in  the Christian church. His feast day of 11 November (or the nearest Sunday)  which is also observed as Remembrance Day for remembering those killed in wars  (it was called Armistice Day following the First World War).<br />
174. Lutherans have had a long history of responding to the  gospel call to be peacemakers. One of the initial motivations for the formation  of a Lutheran peace movement in the US was the need to support those resisting  the draft through <a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/lutheran_co.htm" target="_blank">conscientious  objection</a> to military solutions to conflict. <a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/timeline_60years.htm" target="_blank">LPF traces its roots to this  movement</a> dating back to 1940.<br />
175. <br />
176. For more  contemporary information on current issues relating to the military  service, see LPF's resource: <a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/youth-military1205.pdf" target="_blank">Youth and the Military</a><br />
177. <br />
178. For further  information on St Martin of Tours, here are several links:<br />
179. <br />
180. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_of_Tours" target="_blank">Martin of  Tours </a><br />
181. <br />
182. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martin%27s_Day" target="_blank">St. Martin's Day</a><br />
183. <br />
184. <a href="http://khanya.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/st-martin-patron-saint-of-conscientious-objectors/" target="_blank">St. Martin  — patron saint of conscientious objectors</a><br />
185. <br />
186. <a href="http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/saint.aspx?id=1196">Nov. 11 St. Martin's Day</a><br />
187. <br />
188. <a href="http://www.ewtn.com/library/mary/martin.htm" target="_blank">SAINT MARTIN OF TOURS BISHOP, CONFESSOR—316-400</a><br />
189. <br />
190. &lt;br /&gt;</description><enclosure type='Nov. 11 St. Martin&#39;s Day' url='http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/saint.aspx?id=1196' length='0'/><link>http://lutheranpeace.blogspot.com/2016/11/st-martin-of-tours-feast-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (griots)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3vtHGSu3rzXvu4V24kBbGE7gMo3uVVQm6hQQqnS0FpLx8_z_Y_eArSZoIxuG1I_41cYSP8ky8WAv45lyzhSkr3ie_oW3Foh2mrpI32SMCXzZQFx4txBiwL4h2e07l-qXYVImTiiI39-f/s72-c/225px-Simone_Martini_028.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484403481583804743.post-7438713754967038253</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:16:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-10-17T09:16:00.917-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">peace education</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">peace resources</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">simplicity</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">YOUTH</category><title>Self-Help for Activists + Peace Education for Teens: Two Noteworthy Tools</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
191. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtWr-w2A2L6IMvMKEVPFYRngshH5IhllzUIJbNGocQzxlZ1O5BUamqdVJAFN7VlSWsVb4q_wax7GQYlMxd02_VTbDE9uSnWv7zBdYe_ER3F8e96tAiPYx0mt3RMmtplJoq9xc5NgjJSKM/s1600/kids.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtWr-w2A2L6IMvMKEVPFYRngshH5IhllzUIJbNGocQzxlZ1O5BUamqdVJAFN7VlSWsVb4q_wax7GQYlMxd02_VTbDE9uSnWv7zBdYe_ER3F8e96tAiPYx0mt3RMmtplJoq9xc5NgjJSKM/s200/kids.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
192. <br />
193. Is self-help something that activists are asking for these days?  And what kind of peace education are we talking about for teenagers?<br />
194. <br />
195. The two resources below will give you a wealth of “ah!” and “aha!” moments.  There are so many approaches and ideas you can draw from for your own setting.<br />
196. <br />
197. <b>In the Tiger's Mouth: An Empowerment Guide for Social Action</b> is a classic by Katrina Shields published in 1993.   And it’s still the best step-by-step, practical guide I've ever seen for building sustainable organizations, groups, and activist lives.  Newer activists will welcome the training to build their inner resources and effectiveness.  Seasoned activists will be heartened by the advice on dealing with stress, preventing burnout, coping with bad news, developing accountability, and supporting allies and workmates.  I loved the line drawings too, with their sense of humor. This book is a rare gem.  And in the spirit of the “simplicity movement,” it reminds us to hone in on essentials.<br />
198. <br />
199. <b>Learning to Live Together</b> is an intercultural, interfaith program for nurturing values and spirituality for young people 12 to 18 years old.   LTLT also helps children to appreciate diversity and respect others.  It's been used successfully in over 30 countries, including in conflict-ridden contexts; e.g. in Israel with young Jewish, Christian and Muslim Israelis aged 15-17.  A charming 4-minute video explains more at <a href="http://www.ethicseducationforchildren.org/" target="_blank">www.ethicseducationforchildren.org</a>.  Follow the thread from “What We Do” to “Learning to Live Together” and “LTLT Documents,” to find manuals in various languages that can be viewed or downloaded.<br />
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201. -- Lily R. Wu, LPF Issue Communicator</description><link>http://lutheranpeace.blogspot.com/2016/10/self-help-for-activists-peace-education.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (griots)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGtWr-w2A2L6IMvMKEVPFYRngshH5IhllzUIJbNGocQzxlZ1O5BUamqdVJAFN7VlSWsVb4q_wax7GQYlMxd02_VTbDE9uSnWv7zBdYe_ER3F8e96tAiPYx0mt3RMmtplJoq9xc5NgjJSKM/s72-c/kids.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484403481583804743.post-1803208527996064280</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2016 11:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-10-10T04:54:00.175-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">advocacy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Hunger</category><title>World Food Day</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
202. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FLW9m5jzPNavgDWf1lXiOJ6FKhRpPy7nUcn7Za4JtTZdJnSB2HjVHptr9aa5hlT2vtuo6fwNl8Jg34Wpfktq8UaxzU4b2p8UEIJUJpEMHOXN5o-xEQKtHHk-X6WIeW6CwKKmcogGqfnz/s1600/logo_wfd_rx_06.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FLW9m5jzPNavgDWf1lXiOJ6FKhRpPy7nUcn7Za4JtTZdJnSB2HjVHptr9aa5hlT2vtuo6fwNl8Jg34Wpfktq8UaxzU4b2p8UEIJUJpEMHOXN5o-xEQKtHHk-X6WIeW6CwKKmcogGqfnz/s1600/logo_wfd_rx_06.jpg" /></a></div>
203. <b>World Food Day</b> is celebrated every year around the world on 16 October in honor of the date of the founding of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization" title="Food and Agriculture Organization">Food and Agriculture Organization</a> of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> in 1945.<br />
204. <br />
205. <a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/hunger.html">LPF Hunger Resources,</a> <a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/hunger_dev_links.htm">LPF Hunger and Development Links</a>, <a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/advocacyupdate_9-12.pdf" target="_blank">LPF Advocacy Alert: 2012 Farm Bill</a><br />
206. <br />
207. <a href="http://www.fao.org/getinvolved/worldfoodday/en/">World Food Day Website</a><br />
208. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Food_Day">Wikipedia article</a><br />
209. <a class="external text" href="http://www.worldfooddayusa.org/" rel="nofollow">World Food Day USA Directory of Organizations</a><br />
210. <a class="external text" href="http://www.oxfamamerica.org/worldfoodday" rel="nofollow">World Food Day Sunday Dinner</a><br />
211. <a class="external text" href="http://www.bread.org/" rel="nofollow">Bread for the World</a><br />
212. <span class="external text"><a href="http://www.elca.org/hunger">ELCA World Hunger Program</a><br /><a href="http://www.elca.org/Our-Faith-In-Action/Justice/Advocacy/Issues/Food-Farms-Faith/Healthy-Food.aspx" target="_blank">Healthy food and food systems</a>, <a href="http://www.elca.org/Our-Faith-In-Action/Justice/Advocacy/Issues/Food-Farms-Faith/Vibrant-Farms.aspx" target="_blank">Vibrant farms and rural communities</a></span><br />
213. <a class="external text" href="http://www.elca.org/OUR-FAITH-IN-ACTION/RESPONDING-TO-THE-WORLD/ELCA-WORLD-HUNGER/RESOURCES/FOR-CONGREGATIONS/GENERATIONAL-MATERIALS/TAKING-ROOT.ASPX" rel="nofollow">"Taking Root" five-part congregation education program on hunger.</a><br />
214. <a href="http://www.thegreenhorns.net/" target="_blank">Greenhorns </a>- recruit, promote and support the new generation of young American farmers.<br />
215. <a href="http://viacampesina.org/en/" target="_blank">Via Campesina</a> - International Peasant's Movement<br />
216. <a href="http://www.foodfirst.org/" target="_blank">Food First</a> - Institute for Food and Development Policy<br />
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218. &lt;object style=&quot;height: 390px; width: 640px;&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/Wt5tmVtdE90?version=3&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowScriptAccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/Wt5tmVtdE90?version=3&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; width=&quot;400&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;</description><link>http://lutheranpeace.blogspot.com/2016/10/world-food-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (griots)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FLW9m5jzPNavgDWf1lXiOJ6FKhRpPy7nUcn7Za4JtTZdJnSB2HjVHptr9aa5hlT2vtuo6fwNl8Jg34Wpfktq8UaxzU4b2p8UEIJUJpEMHOXN5o-xEQKtHHk-X6WIeW6CwKKmcogGqfnz/s72-c/logo_wfd_rx_06.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484403481583804743.post-7582034559137168112</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-09-27T04:50:01.106-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Gandhi</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Nonviolence</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">peace resources</category><title>International Day of Nonviolence and the Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi</title><description>&lt;strong&gt;International Day of Nonviolence&lt;/strong&gt; was declared by the United Nations to be marked on &lt;strong&gt;October 2nd&lt;/strong&gt;, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement and a pioneer of the philosophy and strategy of non-violence. Check out our &lt;a href=&quot;http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/nonviolence_day.htm&quot;&gt;video series on Gandhi&#39;s philosophy and its impact,&lt;/a&gt; this &lt;a href=&quot;http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/wink_vid.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;video series on&amp;nbsp;Nonviolence for the Violent by Walter Wink&lt;/a&gt;, and LPF´s many other &lt;a href=&quot;http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/nonviolence.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Resources on Nonviolence&lt;/a&gt;.</description><link>http://lutheranpeace.blogspot.com/2016/09/international-day-of-nonviolence-and.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (griots)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484403481583804743.post-6441545595312438762</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2016 15:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-08-07T08:08:30.435-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">advocacy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Church in the World</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">discrimination</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">women</category><title>Women’s Equality Day - August 26, 2016</title><description>August 26 is &lt;b&gt;“Women&#39;s Equality Day,”&lt;/b&gt; commemorating the 1920 passage of the U.S. Constitution’s 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote.  Now in our church we have an opportunity to join in on a study process for women’s equality and justice.  The &lt;b&gt;ELCA Task Force on Women and Justice: One in Christ &lt;/b&gt;invites individuals and study groups to take part in the 7-session &lt;b&gt;“Faith, Sexism, Justice: Conversations Toward a Social Statement,”&lt;/b&gt; being sent to all ELCA congregations, synod offices, and ELCA colleges before the end of summer 2016.  Why do we need to talk together about these issues? And what can a study process do? &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; The 7 sessions raise questions and highlight issues for a study group to discuss such as:  How can we address violence against women and girls? Why do images and words for God matter? And how can we challenge the misuse of Scripture against women and girls? Your reflections, comments and questions sent in by the end of August 2017 will help toward developing a draft ELCA Social Statement by the end of 2017.  The draft will be carefully examined at synod assembly hearings and other venues in 2017 and 2018.  Then a proposed draft will be brought before the 2019 Churchwide Assembly for its discussion, debate, rewording, and finally its up or down vote. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.elca.org/Faith/Faith-and-Society/Current-Social-Writing-Projects/Women-and-Justice/Faith-Sexism-Justice&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;download the 7-session study here&lt;/a&gt; entirely or by module.  To view a timeline, brochure and additional study materials, visit the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.elca.org/womenandjustice&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ELCA Women and Justice website&lt;/a&gt;.  Taking part in this process could help you to:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt; 1. Hearten the women in your church and community. &lt;/b&gt; Show your church as a place where women’s voices can be heard and respected. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;2. Help equip and encourage men as allies.&lt;/b&gt;  As the group identifies social norms and realities that are unjust to women, men can gain deeper understandings of how systems -- even the church -- have favored white men over women.  Men of faith who listen and take action play a significant role in boosting justice for women.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;3. Inspire all involved.&lt;/b&gt;  Help release creative potentials for the cause of peace with justice, and to grow closer to the gospel ideal of community.  Create a space where the Holy Spirit can work with us on these issues, locally, synodically, and churchwide.  And remember, &lt;a href=&quot;http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/womens-peace-resources.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;LPF Women’s Resources&lt;/a&gt; are available to you as well, for your women and justice studies! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- Lily R. Wu, LPF Issue Communicator for the LPF Women’s Initiative</description><link>http://lutheranpeace.blogspot.com/2016/08/womens-equality-day-august-26-2016.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (griots)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484403481583804743.post-1061136402023688350</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2016 11:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-08-01T04:46:03.402-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Day of Prayer</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">nuclear</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">nuclear weapons</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">peace education</category><title>August 6 - Hiroshima Day</title><description>On this day we remember the anniversary of  the atomic the bombing of Hiroshima, August 6, 1945. &lt;br /&gt;
219. We invite Christians to pray for peace.<br />
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221. <span style="font-weight: bold;">From the LPF Archives</span><br />
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226. <span class="xbig24">For People of Faith: </span><span class="red16"><a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/urgentcall.html">AN URGENT CALL</a> (2003)</span></div>
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228. <span class="red16">Hiroshima-Nagasaki </span><a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/05HiroshimaSundayGuide.pdf"><span class="red16">Day of Prayer for Peace</span></a><span class="red16">, <a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/05HiroshimaBulletinInsert.pdf">Bulletin Insert</a> </span><span class="red16">(2005)</span><a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/05HiroshimaSundayGuide.pdf"><span class="red16"><br /></span></a></div>
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230. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Other Resources</span><br />
231. <span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span><a href="http://www.globalzero.org/" target="_blank">Global Zero – A World Without Nuclear Weapons</a><br />
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233. <span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.takepart.com/zero">Countdown to Zero</a></span></div>
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235. <span lang="EN-GB">Animation of Nuclear History<br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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238. &lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;350&quot; src=&quot;//www.youtube.com/embed/I9lquok4Pdk&quot; width=&quot;480&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;</description><link>http://lutheranpeace.blogspot.com/2016/08/august-6-hiroshima-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (griots)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484403481583804743.post-5849704386457776105</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2016 11:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-07-05T04:45:00.784-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Consumerism</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">help poor</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Hunger</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">simplicity</category><title>Simplicity Day</title><description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
239. <span style="font-size: 85%;">“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.”<br />-- Henry David Thoreau</span></blockquote>
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241. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbyS3bidqgpw8y3BhcaeuCvjXB46FoTbXHxHRJiydiEtLVtX6aGOKbhoA84SiRpCJXWqkyH9kVY-kznMc3RpM-DrfQ8aCm0ElvZj2PaEpTWHwpBa_IHZY-UIyPoZZRQPHuEYrO9GKqtMKP/s1600/LJR+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbyS3bidqgpw8y3BhcaeuCvjXB46FoTbXHxHRJiydiEtLVtX6aGOKbhoA84SiRpCJXWqkyH9kVY-kznMc3RpM-DrfQ8aCm0ElvZj2PaEpTWHwpBa_IHZY-UIyPoZZRQPHuEYrO9GKqtMKP/s1600/LJR+9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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244. <span style="font-size: 100%;">Simplicity Day on </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">July 12th </span>celebrates the birthday of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) who encouraged us to simplify our lives.<br />
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246. Here is a great video from this website on the "<a href="http://storyofstuff.org/" target="_blank">Story of Stuff</a>" The Story of Solutions explores how we can move our economy in a more sustainable and just direction, starting with orienting ourselves toward a new goal.<br />
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254. Check out all our many other resources about this remarkable movement: <a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/simple-living.html" target="_blank">Simple Living Resources from LPF</a><br />
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257. </description><link>http://lutheranpeace.blogspot.com/2016/07/simplicity-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (griots)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbyS3bidqgpw8y3BhcaeuCvjXB46FoTbXHxHRJiydiEtLVtX6aGOKbhoA84SiRpCJXWqkyH9kVY-kznMc3RpM-DrfQ8aCm0ElvZj2PaEpTWHwpBa_IHZY-UIyPoZZRQPHuEYrO9GKqtMKP/s72-c/LJR+9.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484403481583804743.post-8995803786800401012</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2016 11:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-06-13T04:43:01.507-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">advocacy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">human rights</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">peace education</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">The Church in the World</category><title>World Refugee Day</title><description>&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
258. <blockquote>
259. <em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />Now when they had departed, behold,(  an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Rise, take  the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you,  for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him." And he rose  and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt and remained  there until the death of Herod. (Matthew 2:13-15)</span></em></blockquote>
260. <strong><em><br /></em>World Refugee Day</strong>, observed June 20 each year, is dedicated to  raising awareness of the situation of refugees throughout the world.<br />
261. <br />
262. <a href="http://www.lirs.org/">Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service</a><br />
263. <a href="http://www.unhcr.org/pages/49c3646c458.html" target="_blank">United Nations High Commissioner for  Refugees</a><br />
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265. <strong><a href="http://www.un.org/en/events/refugeeday/" target="_blank">World Refugee Day</a></strong><strong> - UN</strong><br />
266. &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Refugee_Day&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;World  Refugee Day&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt; - Wikipedia&lt;/strong&gt;</description><link>http://lutheranpeace.blogspot.com/2016/06/world-refugee-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (griots)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484403481583804743.post-7914852132209242387</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2016 11:36:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-05-07T04:36:01.526-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">conscientious objection</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mother&#39;s Day</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">peace education</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">women</category><title>The Origins of Mother&#39;s Day</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
267. <a href="http://primary.slate.com/content/dam/slate/articles/double_x/doublex/2015/05/150508_XX_JuliaWardHowe.jpg.CROP.original-original.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://primary.slate.com/content/dam/slate/articles/double_x/doublex/2015/05/150508_XX_JuliaWardHowe.jpg.CROP.original-original.jpg" height="141" width="200" /></a></div>
268. It has been over 140 years since Mother's Day first came into being, yet few people know that it was originally conceived as a day for mothers to protest   injustice and war. Over the years the activist observance of this holiday  became squelched by its commercialization by flower and card companies who turned it into billion-dollar industry. There has been a recent movement to return Mother's Day to its original   meaning. Check out LPF's <a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/womens-peace-resources.html" target="_blank">Women's Peace Resources</a>.<br />
269. read more:<br />
270. <a href="http://www.consortiumnews.com/2010/050610a.html" target="_blank">The Original Anti-War Mother's Day</a><br />
271. <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2217890">Soap to Ploughshares: How to return Mother's   Day to its original meaning.</a><br />
272. <a href="http://www.peace.ca/mothersdayproclamation.htm">Mothers' Day Proclamation: Julia Ward Howe,   Boston, 1870</a><br />
273. <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/8/mothers_day_for_peace_a_dramatic">Mother’s Day for Peace: A Dramatic Reading of Julia   Ward Howe’s Mother’s Day Proclamation</a><br />
274. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day_Proclamation" target="_blank">Mother's Day Proclamation</a><br />
275. <a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/opinion/269901_motherday12.html" target="_blank">Original Mother's Day a war protest</a><br />
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277. <strong style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em><br /></em></span></strong>
278. <strong style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Three more takes on the origins of Mother's Day . . .</em></span></strong><br />
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280. <a href="http://www.codepink4peace.org/article.php?id=217">CODEPINK : Julia Ward Howe's Mother's Day Proclamation - 1870</a><br />
281. <a href="http://www.codepink4peace.org/">www.codepink4peace.org</a><br />
282. Arise then...women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts! . . . Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have taught them of charity, mercy and patience.<a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/radical-history-mother-s-day-1336835841"><img src="https://s-external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQDkde8dd7XzRHFz&w=120&h=100&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationofchange.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fmothersdaypeace51212.jpg" /></a><br />
283. <br />
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285. <a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/radical-history-mother-s-day-1336835841" target="_blank">The Radical History of Mother’s Day</a><br />
286. <a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/">www.nationofchange.org</a><br />
287. There’s a good number of us who question holidays like Mother’s Day in which you spend more time feeding money into a system that exploits our love for our mothers than actually celebrating them. . . .<br />
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290. <a href="http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/9005354-mothers-day-the-radical-roots-in-the-usa" target="_blank">Mother's Day: The Radical Roots in the U.S.A.</a><br />
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292. Mother's day in the U.S. was originally associated with two radical women activists Julia Ward Howe and Anna Maria Jarvis. Howe was well known as an abolitionist, suffragist and author . . . .<br />
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312. The Israel-Palestine situation is definitely one of the most challenging and complex in the world today. We asked LPF board member Kathy Adam to step back and reflect a little on her own journey of understanding and action on the issues, and to share some especially helpful links to information -- including several on well-known Lutheran Palestinian pastor Mitri Raheb. Here is Kathy on her experience:</blockquote>
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314. <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 101%;">In
315. 199</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.2pt; line-height: 101%;">8, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 101%;">my
316. husband and I went to Israel on a </span><b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 101%;">“</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 101%;">Footsteps of Jesus</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 101%;">”</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 101%;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 101%;">tour</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.5pt; line-height: 101%;">.  </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 101%;">We were awed, </span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 101%;">walking where Jesus had walked</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 101%;">
317. over 2,000 years ago.  <b>Our spirits soared</b> as we followed those
318. footsteps…. At the same time, more and more <b>questions arose for us</b></span><span style="color: #c0504d; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 101%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 101%;">about what was happening all around us. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.2pt; line-height: 101%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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320. <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">For exampl<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;">e</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">, we
321. were ove</span>rwhelmed by the number of <b>soldiers
322. we encountered everywhere</b>, Israeli <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">Defe</span>nse
323. <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">F</span>or<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">ce</span>s
324. <b>heavily armed</b> with automatic <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">we</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">po</span>n<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;">s</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;">.  </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">W</span>e
325. d<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">i</span>dn’t <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">ye</span>t understand t<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">h</span>e <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">re</span>al scope of the situation in which we
326. found ourselves.  We were in the lands of
327. Israel and Palestine.  The Palestinians –
328. <b>a people I didn’t even know existed</b>
329. in the 20<sup><span style="mso-text-raise: -.5pt; position: relative; top: .5pt;">th</span></sup> century – were under occupa-tion since 1967 by
330. the State of Israel.  We discovered this
331. was <b>anything but a peaceful land</b>.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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333. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 103%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Since 1998 I have
334. visited the region five times to <b>learn
335. and observe</b>.  Sadly I have witnessed <b>Palestinian homes bulldozed</b> to make way
336. for Israeli settlements, <b>ancient</b> <b>groves of olive trees uprooted</b>,
337. Palestinian farmers and shopkeepers <b>cut
338. off by walls</b> from their lands and livelihoods.  I have talked with people who have had <b><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">fam</span>il<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">y members</span></b>, including children, <b>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">rres</span>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">e</span>d and jail<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">e</span>d</b> and even tortured.  <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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340. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 103%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">But during that first
341. trip, having only our Sunday School Biblical knowledge to help us place the
342. contemporary situation into perspective, <b>we
343. found ourselves lost</b> in our limited understanding.  <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">I’m very<b> </b>gratefu</span><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">l </span>that <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">our tour group was able
344. to meet with </span><b>M<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">itr</span><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">i </span>Raheb<span style="letter-spacing: .4pt;">, </span>pastor o<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">f
345. </span>Christmas Lutheran Church</b> <b>in
346. Bethlehem</b>, right up the hill from the Church of the Nativity where it is
347. said <b>Jesus was born</b><span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;">.  </span>He
348. invited our tour group into a room with a <b>circle
349. of chairs</b> one evening. It was then that <b>the Biblical story</b> and <b>the
350. contemporary situation</b> started to come together for us. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
351. <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 103%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; text-indent: 18.0pt;">
352. <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 103%;">We learned that <b>for over 2,000 years</b>, there has been a <b>Palestinian presence</b> in the land, and
353. that for most<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">f </span>tha<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">t </span>time, <b>Palestinians</b> – mostly Christian and
354. Muslim – <b>lived side-by-side with Jew<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">s </span>i<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">n </span>relativ<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">e </span>peace</b>.<b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> 
355. </span></b>It was a political movement,<b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>Zionism</b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">,<b> </b></span>that
356. from its origins at the end of<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>th<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">e<b> </b></span>19<sup><span style="mso-text-raise: -.5pt; position: relative; top: .5pt;">th</span></sup> Century has caused the problems that have
357. become so severe ever since.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 103%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
358. <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 103%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: -4.5pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: 18.0pt;">
359. <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 103%;">In the <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">y</span>ears since <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">mee</span>ting <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">P</span>ast<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">o</span>r <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">R</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">he</span>b, <span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;">I’</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">ve done </span>all I can to <b>inform myself</b> about the r<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">e</span>gi<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">o</span>n. 
360. Perhap<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">s </span>yo<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">u </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">o </span>hav<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">e </span>rea<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">d </span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">r </span>hear<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">d </span>Pasto<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">r </span>Raheb<span style="letter-spacing: .3pt;">, </span>an<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">d </span><b>been</b><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><b>inspired</b><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>b<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">y </span>thi<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">s </span>visionary<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">
361. </span>Lutheran advocate<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">f </span>peac<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">e</span>
362. wit<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">h</span> justice.  It<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>was<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>n<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">o</span>
363. surpris<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">e</span> t<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">o</span> m<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">e</span> tha<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">t </span>h<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">e</span>
364. recentl<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">y </span>receive<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">d </span>th<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">e</span>
365. prestigious Swedis<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">h </span><b>Olof Palm<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">e
366. </span>Prize</b><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span>o<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">f </span>2015. 
367. He shares this awar<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">d </span>with <b>Israeli journalist Gideon Levy</b>, who
368. campaigns for his country's withdrawal from Palestinian territories.  They both received the awar<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">d </span>for<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>offerin<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">g </span>“<b>a</b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><b>glimmer</b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span><b>o<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">f </span>hope<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>conflic<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">t</span></b><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>tha<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">t </span>fo<span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">r</span><span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">o </span>lon<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">g </span>ha<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">s </span>plague<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">d </span>an<span style="letter-spacing: .2pt;">d </span>continues  to plague millions of people and affects
369. world peace.”  </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 103%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
370. <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 103%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: -4.3pt; margin-top: 3.0pt; text-indent: 18.0pt;">
371. <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; line-height: 103%;">A</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 103%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; line-height: 103%;">few
372. years ago</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 103%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; line-height: 103%;">I</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 103%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; line-height: 103%;">began volunteering</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 103%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; line-height: 103%;">with
373. “<b>Bright</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 103%;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; line-height: 103%;">Stars</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 103%;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; line-height: 103%;">o</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 103%;">f </span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; line-height: 103%;">Bethlehem</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; line-height: 103%;">,”</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.4pt; line-height: 103%;">  </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; line-height: 103%;">the U</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.1pt; line-height: 103%;">S </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; line-height: 103%;">organization <b>supporting the ministries</b> led b</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.2pt; line-height: 103%;">y</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; line-height: 103%;"> Pastor Raheb in Palestin</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.5pt; line-height: 103%;">e.  </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; line-height: 103%;">I’</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; line-height: 103%;">m often encouraged by Mitri Rahe</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.3pt; line-height: 103%;">b’</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; line-height: 103%;">s <b>insight into the challenge of peacemaking</b>:  “</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.2pt; line-height: 103%;">We’</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; line-height: 103%;">ve been </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 103%;">conditioning <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">ourselves to run a
374. hundred </span>yards, but we are in fact in a marathon,” he says.  “Our struggle is <b>neither easy nor short</b>, and we<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>have
375. to condition ourselves for <b>the long
376. challenge</b> ahead.  <b>We need moments of joy and hope</b> in<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>the midst of all this<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> hopelessness. 
377. Oth</span>er<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">wise we won’t be able to
378. continue our journey.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
379. <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 103%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: -9.35pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: 18.0pt;">
380. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 103%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">ndee</span>d, <b><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">peac</span>e <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">doe</span>s
381. <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">no</span>t <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">com</span>e
382. <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">e</span>asily</b> in this <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">p</span>art of t<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">h</span>e
383. <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">wo</span>rld, as with <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">co</span>nflicts in so many <b>other regions</b> of the world. 
384. Nor does peace always come easily in our <b>communities</b>, or even in some of <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">our
385. close <b>relationships</b>.  In our efforts to bring about peace in the
386. various areas of life, we need </span><b><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">mome</span>nts of <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">jo</span>y and <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">hop</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;">e</span></b><span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;">.  </span>We a<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">ls</span>o
387. <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">nee</span>d <b><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">reso</span>ur<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">ce</span>s</b> to <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">he</span>lp
388. us.  <b>I
389. was impr<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">esse</span>d</b> by the resources
390. offered by LPF when I first explored them a few years ago.  <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
391. <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 103%; margin-bottom: 9.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: -4.7pt; margin-top: 0cm; text-indent: 18.0pt;">
392. <span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; line-height: 103%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Mor</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 103%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">e r<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">ece</span>nt<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">l</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.5pt;">y</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">,</span>
393. I h<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">av</span>e <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">be</span>en gra<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">te</span>ful for <b>t<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">h</span>e
394. <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">oppo</span>rtuni<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">t</span>y to</b> <b><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">co</span>ntri<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">b</span>ute</b>
395. <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">t</span>o <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">LPF’</span>s
396. ef<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">fo</span>rts <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">t</span>o <b>s<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">ha</span>re information</b> <span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">about these</span> issues and str<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">uggle</span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">s. </span><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">T</span>o help frame <b>advocacy options</b><span style="letter-spacing: -0.2pt;">. </span>To help
397. support this <b>valuable</b> and <b>much-needed service. </b><span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"> To offer <b>resources </b></span><b>and links</b> th<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">ro</span>ugh LPF <b>blogs </b>like this one,<b>  </b>as
398. well as<b> </b>posts on the<b> LPF facebook pag<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;">e</span></b>, program <b>updates</b>,
399. and t<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;">he rich variety </span>of material on
400. LPF’s <b>website</b>…<br /> </span></span><br />
401. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 103%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span>
402. <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 103%;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> by Kathy Adams, LPF board member</span></span></div>
403. <b><br />Here are some especially helpful, informative links on these issues:</b><br />
404. <br />
405. Mitri Raheb,  Bright Stars, Diyar Ministries<br />
406. <br />
407. <a href="http://www.brightstarsbethlehem.org/">www.brightstarsbethlehem.org</a> -  Bright Stars of Bethleham (Christian, <br />
408. Lutheran, working with all faith traditions in the Middle East.)<br />
409. <br />
410. <a href="http://www.diyar.ps/?TemplateId=info&PageId=1&MenuId=7&Lang=1">http://www.diyar.ps/?TemplateId=info&PageId=1&MenuId=7&Lang=1</a><br />
411. <br />
412. Diyar, umbrella organization of Bright Stars<br />
413. <br />
414. <br />
415. <b> Mitri Raheb Presentations</b><br />
416. <br />
417. Olof Palme Prize Ceremony Speech - Parliament, Stockholm, Sweden<br />
418. <a href="http://www.diyar.ps/?MenuId=0&Lang=1&TemplateId=projects&catId=1&full=1&id=120">http://www.diyar.ps/?MenuId=0&Lang=1&TemplateId=projects&catId=1&full=1&id=120</a><br />
419. <br />
420. <br />
421. "A Tough Calling: the Joys and Struggles of Pastoring in Palestine" Calvin College <br />
422. <a href="http://www.calvin.edu/directory/series/mitri-raheb">http://www.calvin.edu/directory/series/mitri-raheb</a><br />
423. <br />
424. "Faith in the Face of Empire: The Bible Through Palestinian Eyes"  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMJ49iivAjg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMJ49iivAjg</a><br />
425. <br />
426. <br />
427. <b> Christian Sources</b><br />
428. <br />
429. |<a href="http://www.cmep.org/">www.cmep.org</a> – Churches for Middle East Peace (22 national Christian denominations and organizations)<br />
430. <br />
431. <a href="https://www.elca.org/en/Our-Work/Publicly-Engaged-Church/Peace-Not-Walls">https://www.elca.org/en/Our-Work/Publicly-Engaged-Church/Peace-Not-Walls</a> - ELCA Middle East information and advocacy program, Peace Not Walls<br />
432. <br />
433. <a href="http://www.fosna.org/">www.fosna.org</a> – Friends of Sabeel North America, Christian organization<br />
434. <br />
435. <a href="http://www.sabeel.org/">www.sabeel.org</a> – Palestinian Christian Liberation Theology Organization<br />
436. <br />
437. <br />
438. <b> Jewish and Secular Sources</b><br />
439. <br />
440. <a href="http://www.btselem.org/English/index.asp">B’tselem.org </a>– Israeli information center for human rights in the occupied territories. (Israeli, Jewish organization)<br />
441. <br />
442. <br />
443. www.anna<a href="http://inthemiddleeast.com/">inthemiddleeast.com</a>  - Anna Baltzer’s (Jewish American woman) web page.  Very articulate Jewish American woman.<br />
444. <br />
445. <br />
446. <a href="http://www.jvp.org/">www.JVP.org</a> – Jewish Voice for Peace (Jewish group that welcomes people of any belief who want peace with justice in Palestine and Israel)<br />
447. <br />
448. <br />
449. <a href="http://www.ifamericansknew.org/">www.ifamericansknew.org</a> – If Americans Knew (secular organization, very well researched information.)<br />
450. <br />
451. <div>
452. <br />
453. Video: Mitri Raheb | Faith in the Face of Empire: The Bible Through Palestinian Eyes<br />
454. <br />
455. <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CMJ49iivAjg/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CMJ49iivAjg?feature=player_embedded" width="320"></iframe><br />
456. <br />
457. <br />
458. <br /></div>
459. </description><link>http://lutheranpeace.blogspot.com/2016/03/the-israel-palestine-situation.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (griots)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/CMJ49iivAjg/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484403481583804743.post-604360723887364652</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2016 20:42:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-03-13T13:42:01.304-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">advocacy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">discrimination</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">peace resources</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">The Church in the World</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">violence</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">violence against women</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">women</category><title>Women and Justice: Speak Out through the ELCA’s study process (June 2016-June 2017)</title><description>&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot; class=&quot;tr-caption-container&quot; style=&quot;float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
460. <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7a1YSqFlUdiOJ6qhIdLXndjS97gjc-TtE_VZczA-r9dJCuzUvqwby0twVqPLvIBY4t66pdR47Q7ZSed3ah4iWYdd3l4wZXQmEM4JHULJAWYXmGfrURl4TZ9j36NgIl5Zgzol8B8JENcAF/s1600/Members+of+ELCA-LWF+deleg%252C+59th+UN+Commission+on+Status+of+Women.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7a1YSqFlUdiOJ6qhIdLXndjS97gjc-TtE_VZczA-r9dJCuzUvqwby0twVqPLvIBY4t66pdR47Q7ZSed3ah4iWYdd3l4wZXQmEM4JHULJAWYXmGfrURl4TZ9j36NgIl5Zgzol8B8JENcAF/s320/Members+of+ELCA-LWF+deleg%252C+59th+UN+Commission+on+Status+of+Women.jpg" title="Members of the ELCA-Lutheran World Federation delegation at the 59th UN Commission on the Status of Women, 2015, NYC." width="320" /></a></td></tr>
461. <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS ??"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Members of the </span><span style="color: #141414; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS ??"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">E</span><span style="color: #26241b; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS ??"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">LCA-Lutheran World Federation delegation at the <br />59th
462. UN Commission on the Status of Women, 2015, NYC.</span></i></td></tr>
463. </tbody></table>
464. What does our church say about women and justice, to generate discussion and encourage action?   And how can we take part?  Here are links and related resources:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Know that an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.elca.org/Faith/Faith-and-Society/Current-Social-Writing-Projects/Gender-Violence&quot;&gt;ELCA Social Message on Gender Based Violence&lt;/a&gt; was adopted by the ELCA Church Council on November 14, 2015.  ELCA Social Messages are &quot;topical documents&quot; that &quot;focus attention and action on timely, pressing matters of social concern to the church and society.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. You are being invited to join in on developing an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.elca.org/Faith/Faith-and-Society/Current-Social-Writing-Projects/Women-and-Justice&quot;&gt;ELCA Social Statement on Women and Justice&lt;/a&gt; that will be presented to the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in 2019.  ELCA Social Statements are teaching and policy documents that help us discuss social issues in the context of our faith and life.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ELCA Task Force on Women and Justice: One in Christ, a 19-member group from diverse walks of life, has the responsibility for leading the study process, with an &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.elca.org/Faith/Faith-and-Society/Current-Social-Writing-Projects/Women-and-Justice/Timeline&quot;&gt;anticipated timeline&lt;/a&gt;. Materials will be sent to every ELCA congregation and downloadable online, to invite responses from June 2016 to June 2017. Have an idea or concern?  You can send a message to the task force at any time: &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:womenandjustice@elca.org&quot;&gt;womenandjustice@elca.org&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. For biblical undergirding, you can use this &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.elca.org/Faith/Faith-and-Society/Current-Social-Writing-Projects/Women-and-Justice/resources&quot;&gt;three-session study resource&lt;/a&gt; on the Bible and Women.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. For an overview on women and justice issues worldwide, and our church&#39;s involvement, here is an excellent &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mnys.org/toward_an_equitable_world_lutherans_and_the_status_of_women/&quot;&gt;summary&lt;/a&gt; about the March 2015 United Nations meeting&quot;Beijing+20.&quot;   You can also listen to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wjffradio.org/wjff/files/SpecialRecordings/WJFF-Wildcard-BeijingPlus20.MP3&quot;&gt;radio show&lt;/a&gt; about it. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw/csw60-2016&quot;&gt;UN Commission on the Status of Women&lt;/a&gt; is meeting again in March 2016, with ELCA and Lutheran World Federation participation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-- Lily R. Wu for the LPF Women&#39;s Initiative</description><link>http://lutheranpeace.blogspot.com/2016/03/women-and-justice-speak-out-through.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (griots)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7a1YSqFlUdiOJ6qhIdLXndjS97gjc-TtE_VZczA-r9dJCuzUvqwby0twVqPLvIBY4t66pdR47Q7ZSed3ah4iWYdd3l4wZXQmEM4JHULJAWYXmGfrURl4TZ9j36NgIl5Zgzol8B8JENcAF/s72-c/Members+of+ELCA-LWF+deleg%252C+59th+UN+Commission+on+Status+of+Women.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484403481583804743.post-8139601768389839018</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2016 14:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-02-27T06:45:01.367-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">GENDER EQUALITY</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">peace resources</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">violence</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">violence against women</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">women</category><title>International Women’s Day March 8, 2016 Mobilizes Global “Pledge for Parity” </title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
465. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKT7-XK8YALvqhyphenhyphenTlW5ozumHiz8oi8WbyrLFXB1ApsPtAfsP8S_srZGtgL-HPx1LkqfdGlrXkaURpWY_LGHZ8eWOxuDYxWoLFb3ZPUsgXreL9dF8H1l6vnG0jbx_jzJrreomUxVEiM8Kwa/s1600/ourday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKT7-XK8YALvqhyphenhyphenTlW5ozumHiz8oi8WbyrLFXB1ApsPtAfsP8S_srZGtgL-HPx1LkqfdGlrXkaURpWY_LGHZ8eWOxuDYxWoLFb3ZPUsgXreL9dF8H1l6vnG0jbx_jzJrreomUxVEiM8Kwa/s1600/ourday.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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467. How often do you celebrate the women in your life, to show your appreciation and to strengthen them? Imagine doing this and boosting women’s equality too!  March 8 is <a href="http://www.internationalwomensday.com/">International Women's Day</a> (IWD), to honor the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, and encourage concrete actions for gender equality. This year’s theme: “Pledge for Parity.” <br />
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469. Action ideas:<br />
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471. 1. Email/text/announce on Facebook:  “It’s International Women’s Day, and I’m so thankful for you/the women in my life!”<br />
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473. 2. Organize an inspirational day at church for honoring women. Come up with a creative title to draw people in.   Share what IWD is and its potential for your community.  Use excerpts from LPF’s <a href="http://members.tripod.com/~lutheran_peace/womens-path-of-hope.pdf">Women’s Path of Hope</a> in a prayer, sermon, or interactive group reading. Inspire with quotes from LPF’s <a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/inspiration-from-women.pdf">Inspiration from Women</a>.<br />
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475. Host a festive lunch.  Arrange in advance for a few women speakers of different generations to thank a woman or man who supported their equality. Honor unsung women too, not only visible women leaders.  Find a way for achievements to be specifically named. Dream up a symbolic, visual activity; e.g. participants write on a ribbon the name of a woman they honor and attach the ribbons as streamers onto a hoop. Take a group picture with the visual and caption it before sending to Facebook, local or synodical media.  <br />
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477. 3.  See who wants to meet after your women’s day, to talk more about equality. Use LPF’s <a href="http://members.tripod.com/~lutheran_peace/womens-peace-resources.html">Women's Resources</a> to affirm women and girls’ empowerment, including anti-violence work. Study the ELCA’s Social Statement on Women and Justice coming out in June 2016.  (Response period will end June 2017.  LPF will blog more about this soon.) <br />
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479. -- Lily R. Wu, LPF Women’s Initiative  <br />
480. <br />
481. (Illustration from IWD 2011 on their 100th anniversary.)<br />
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484. </description><link>http://lutheranpeace.blogspot.com/2016/02/international-womens-day-march-8-2016.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (griots)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKT7-XK8YALvqhyphenhyphenTlW5ozumHiz8oi8WbyrLFXB1ApsPtAfsP8S_srZGtgL-HPx1LkqfdGlrXkaURpWY_LGHZ8eWOxuDYxWoLFb3ZPUsgXreL9dF8H1l6vnG0jbx_jzJrreomUxVEiM8Kwa/s72-c/ourday.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484403481583804743.post-5215878181352083635</guid><pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2016 21:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-02-07T13:46:01.660-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">advocacy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">discrimination</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">peace resources</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">The Church in the World</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">violence</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">violence against women</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">women</category><title>February 14:  Dance with the  One Billion Rising Revolution  To End Violence Against Women</title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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489. Violence has power.  But active peacemaking has power too. Have you heard of One Billion Rising?  It’s the largest mass action in human history to end violence against women.  This global movement is based on the horrifying statistic that 1 in every 3 women in the world will be raped or beaten in her lifetime.  With the world’s population at 7 billion, that’s one billion women and girls.  <br /><br />Launched on Valentine’s Day 2012, <a href="http://www.onebillionrising.org/">One Billion Rising</a> expanded to 200 countries by 2014. It evolved in 2015 into the One Billion Rising Revolution. In 2016, the revolution escalates!<div>
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492. •    The rallying cry is for systemic change: “overhauling, challenging, and fighting” corrupt systems…<br /><br />•    The goal is justice “for all survivors of gender violence and the impunity that protects perpetrators...” <br /><br />•    The determination is to “create a new kind of consciousness – one where violence will be resisted until it is unthinkable.”<br /><br />•                     How can we get started? <br /><br />•    Be inspired by mass gatherings worldwide.  See the panoramic YouTube video "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wXJz_35mok">One Billion Rising 2015 - La Rivoluzione</a>." <br /><br />•    Sing with the music video "<a href="http://youtu.be/fL5N8rSy4CU">Break the Chain</a>” (with captions on, to catch every word)! <br /><br />•    Learn the dance steps at "<a href="http://youtu.be/mRU1xmBwUeA">How to: Break the Chain Choreography</a>" and introduce it to others.  Also see “<a href="http://youtu.be/5rYjWFXnlMI">How to Dance ‘Break the Chain’ -- for the mobility compromised!</a>” <br /><br />•    Check out the <a href="http://www.onebillionrising.org/">One Billion Rising Revolution</a> website for more ideas. Don’t miss the <a href="http://www.onebillionrising.org/resources/toolkit/">toolkit</a>, under “Resources.” <br /><br />•                     Make use of Lutheran Peace Fellowship’s <a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/womens-peace-resources.html">Women's Peace Resources</a> for inspiration and empowerment.  See "<a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/stop-violence-womens-guide.pdf">Stopping Violence Against Women and Girls</a>," the “<a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/womens-video-gallery.html">Women's Video Gallery</a>,” and more. <br /><br />•                     Pass this blogpost on to your friends. And <a href="mailto:lpf@ecunet.org">share with us</a> what inspires you to stop violence against women and girls, and to promote peace instead!<div>
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496. <span style="font-size: xx-small;">Lily R.Wu and Alan Forsberg</span></div>
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523. <a href="http://lifeondoverbeach.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/dietrich-bonhoeffer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lifeondoverbeach.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/dietrich-bonhoeffer.jpg" height="200" width="138" /></a></div>
524. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) is known for his leadership role in the Confessing Church, efforts on behalf of peace and justice, opposition to antisemitism, and writings on theology and ethics that have been influential far beyond his German Lutheran context.<br />
525. He was was hanged by the Nazis on April 6, 1945 in the Flossenburg concentration camp.<br />
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530. Check out  LPF's resources on this Lutheran Hero at:<br />
531. <a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/bonhoeffer_resources.html" target="_blank">Dietrich Bonhoeffer Resources</a></div>
532. </description><link>http://lutheranpeace.blogspot.com/2016/02/dietrich-bonhoeffers-birthday-february-4.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (griots)</author></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484403481583804743.post-5452287373635493833</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2015 21:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-12-15T13:03:00.182-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Christmas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Consumerism</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">peacepoints</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">simplicity</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">The Church in the World</category><title>The Joys of the Season </title><description>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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536. Sometimes it comes as a sudden glimpse, or an <br />
537. insight emerging in a thoughtful moment: </div>
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539.  “Why not a simpler, more meaningful <br />
540. Advent and Christmas?” </div>
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542. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9gEtAgqF4zcRpTfokb250tTvlqhZnGVTjhVU_bfs1aE5RdFaMMJAIqmkZauYMrPTIEfkApjXBYl0q6pH0ub-xrv-rE41j9e1KEHfPHg2wDByl9-sdcAxKZDEfwW3C7uBICQniq5JJGqL/s1600/SPEND_a_LOT2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9gEtAgqF4zcRpTfokb250tTvlqhZnGVTjhVU_bfs1aE5RdFaMMJAIqmkZauYMrPTIEfkApjXBYl0q6pH0ub-xrv-rE41j9e1KEHfPHg2wDByl9-sdcAxKZDEfwW3C7uBICQniq5JJGqL/s200/SPEND_a_LOT2.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5685031603832579666" style="float: left; height: 200px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 149px;" /></a>Of course, what we’re getting is commercialization of the season -- and at record-breaking levels.<br />
543. The good news: there’s a growing movement and a variety of resources and support for simplicity and sustainability. Indeed, there are deeply gratifying ways to prepare for and celebrate the coming of the Prince of Peace -- outside our culture's distorted, materialistic ways.<br />
544. LPF offers you a freshly updated resource on the subject: <br />
545. "<a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/PP_Reclaim_the_Season_9b.pdf">Reclaim the Season! Peace & Justice Living and Giving at Christmas and Throughout the Year.</a>" <br />
546. It’s one of our popular ‘Peace Points’ series, geared for individual and youth or adult group use.<br />
547. It offers a variety of alternative gift ideas, sources of fair trade gifts, ideas for discussion, and a great resource section with website and print materials.</description><link>http://lutheranpeace.blogspot.com/2015/12/the-joys-of-season.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (griots)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9gEtAgqF4zcRpTfokb250tTvlqhZnGVTjhVU_bfs1aE5RdFaMMJAIqmkZauYMrPTIEfkApjXBYl0q6pH0ub-xrv-rE41j9e1KEHfPHg2wDByl9-sdcAxKZDEfwW3C7uBICQniq5JJGqL/s72-c/SPEND_a_LOT2.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484403481583804743.post-5113253322500091816</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2015 20:59:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-11-20T12:59:00.371-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">advocacy</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">help poor</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Hunger</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">The Church in the World</category><title>Happy Thanksgiving</title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmgPKAJOiDhHpGXb37XLtCnVblb7mOcnE_IbIc-joMwGjTP1IQWugGTDgjJXUmEQufFYS2NRYVZ9S-Vqyk0YvWMJUGW5m2bQtchrdIWt01ylJiM7wZ_LeF1MKs-dmtwbWukxIOHsdn__O/s1600/thanksgiving.jpg&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmgPKAJOiDhHpGXb37XLtCnVblb7mOcnE_IbIc-joMwGjTP1IQWugGTDgjJXUmEQufFYS2NRYVZ9S-Vqyk0YvWMJUGW5m2bQtchrdIWt01ylJiM7wZ_LeF1MKs-dmtwbWukxIOHsdn__O/s320/thanksgiving.jpg&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408376966449152690&quot; style=&quot;cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 217px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 284px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Thanksgiving  is America’s time to gather with friends and family to share a delicious feast.  It involves giving thanks for having enough food to eat and having people with whom  one can share love, reflections and good company.&lt;br /&gt;
548. One would think that in a country of such  enormous abundance and wealth that everyone would be able to share and enjoy plenty  on this national holiday. But according to<a href="http://feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/hunger-facts/hunger-and-poverty-statistics.aspx#" target="_blank"> these statistics</a>, nearly one out of every six American families have had trouble getting enough food in recent years. While we can certainly attribute this fact to the  recent economic downturn and rising unemployment, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/opinion/18wed2.html?_r=1&th&emc=th">this study</a> showed that even before the recession began, more than two-thirds of  families with children who were defined as “food insecure” under federal guidelines  contained one or more full-time workers.<br />
549. <br />
550. LPF offers the following free online resources to raise awareness of and take action  to end hunger in America, and throughout the world:<br />
551. <br />
552. <a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/hunger.html">Hunger Resources</a><br />
553. <br />
554. <a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/HungerAwarenessMeal9d.pdf">Hunger  Awareness Meal</a> - This experiential meal illuminates hunger and poverty in  the world.<br />
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556. Hunger  advocacy: Here´s <a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/advocacyupdate.pdf">how you can make yourself heard</a>, and <a href="http://www.capwiz.com/elca/issues/alert/?alertid=62170176&type=CO" target="_blank">how to send your message to your representative</a><br />
557. <br />
558. <a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/hunger_dev_links.htm" target="_blank">Hunger and Development  Links</a><br />
559. <br />
560. <a href="http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/advocacyupdate_9-12.pdf" target="_blank">Advocacy Alert: 2012 Farm Bill</a><br />
561. <br />
562. This Thanksgiving, LPF is thankful as ever to you, our supporters. We give thanks for God and for you!<br />
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565. </description><link>http://lutheranpeace.blogspot.com/2015/11/happy-thanksgiving.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (griots)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmgPKAJOiDhHpGXb37XLtCnVblb7mOcnE_IbIc-joMwGjTP1IQWugGTDgjJXUmEQufFYS2NRYVZ9S-Vqyk0YvWMJUGW5m2bQtchrdIWt01ylJiM7wZ_LeF1MKs-dmtwbWukxIOHsdn__O/s72-c/thanksgiving.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6484403481583804743.post-1716202470081897278</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2015 20:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-11-13T12:55:00.793-08:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Day of Prayer</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">peace education</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">The Church in the World</category><title>World Day of Prayer and Action for Children - November 20 </title><description>&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFGqPo5-Q7PERj04X3Nv7d-NYrsQtJOWtOY4mcQ9nyW5-kcUgW4wB6dqjDBLmG4oDMWayeO-a1Q_tnd6IA0d9PPRedx7KOsPypqilAKh2ozE1uaN1sItsX9dAm6gqUy2lhKeGVD1Y-GSVt/s1600/logo.png&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFGqPo5-Q7PERj04X3Nv7d-NYrsQtJOWtOY4mcQ9nyW5-kcUgW4wB6dqjDBLmG4oDMWayeO-a1Q_tnd6IA0d9PPRedx7KOsPypqilAKh2ozE1uaN1sItsX9dAm6gqUy2lhKeGVD1Y-GSVt/s200/logo.png&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670117397689701794&quot; style=&quot;cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 66px; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 200px;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
566. <div>
567. What if all the religions of the world devoted one day a year to prayers and visible actions to promote the well-being of children?  It would make an enormous difference for peace, and send a potent message worldwide.</div>
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571. This international movement is already happening! In 2008, Arigatou International launched the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children.  Every November 20, people of faith and secular partners organize a community festival at a house of worship or public place.  They follow up with a concrete project that will improve the lives of children in their area. See <a href="http://www.dayofprayerandaction.org/">www.dayofprayerandaction.org</a> for more info.</div>
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574. World Day Convening Chair Kul Gautam gives a video message. He is standing at the UN Assembly Building in New York City, in front of a monument to non-violence donated by Luxembourg.<br />
575. <br />
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580. UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake says, "Peace and security are the foundation of a world fit for children. Wars not only kill children, they breed disease and destroy economic hope. And in the end, real peace is not found in a piece of diplomatic paper. It is found in the secure and healthy lives of girls and boys." Mr. Lake played a key part in shaping policies that led to peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Northern Ireland, among other hotspots. (From</div>
581. <div>
582. <a href="http://www.unicef.org/about/who/index_53462.html">http://www.unicef.org/about/who/index_53462.html</a>.)<br />
583. <br /></div>
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585. St Martin of  Tours is known as the first conscientious objector and a great peacemaker in  the Christian church. His feast day of 11 November (or the nearest Sunday)  which is also observed as Remembrance Day for remembering those killed in wars  (it was called Armistice Day following the First World War).<br />
586. Lutherans have had a long history of responding to the  gospel call to be peacemakers. One of the initial motivations for the formation  of a Lutheran peace movement in the US was the need to support those resisting  the draft through &lt;a href=&quot;http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/lutheran_co.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;conscientious  objection&lt;/a&gt; to military solutions to conflict. &lt;a href=&quot;http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/timeline_60years.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;LPF traces its roots to this  movement&lt;/a&gt; dating back to 1940.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more  contemporary information on current issues relating to the military  service, see LPF&#39;s resource: &lt;a href=&quot;http://lutheran_peace.tripod.com/youth-military1205.pdf&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Youth and the Military&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For further  information on St Martin of Tours, here are several links:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_of_Tours&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Martin of  Tours &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martin%27s_Day&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;St. Martin&#39;s Day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://khanya.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/st-martin-patron-saint-of-conscientious-objectors/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;St Martin  — patron saint of conscientious objectors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hullp.demon.co.uk/SacredHeart/saint/StMartinoftours.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;November  11th. St. Martin of Tours.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ewtn.com/library/mary/martin.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;SAINT MARTIN OF TOURS BISHOP, CONFESSOR—316-400&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.catholicpeacefellowship.org/nextpage.asp?m=2185&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;St.  Martin of Tours&lt;/a&gt; </description><link>http://lutheranpeace.blogspot.com/2015/11/st-martin-of-tours-feast-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (griots)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ3vtHGSu3rzXvu4V24kBbGE7gMo3uVVQm6hQQqnS0FpLx8_z_Y_eArSZoIxuG1I_41cYSP8ky8WAv45lyzhSkr3ie_oW3Foh2mrpI32SMCXzZQFx4txBiwL4h2e07l-qXYVImTiiI39-f/s72-c/225px-Simone_Martini_028.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></item></channel></rss>

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