Today is Memorial Day, in the United States, a day set aside to honor those who have died in the nation’s many wars.
This year, it also falls on “Pentecost Sunday”, when Christians recall the “Birthday of The Church”. It is a national holiday in many other countries.
This weekend might be an opportune time for Americans and Christians to remember the violence of their histories and return to their original values.
Perhaps, we may then see an end of Militarism and a beginning of Peace.
Please see:
Memorial Day
Traditional: May 30
Observed: last Monday of May
http://www.usmemorialday.org/
Wars and Conflicts of the United States
http://www.klxservices.com/beatty/wars.PDF
American Military History
http://www.historyguy.com/american_military_history.html
ABC News Poll: Majority of Republicans Say Abusing Prisoners Is Okay, Half Of Bush-Brand Say Flat-Out Torture Is Just Fine With Them ...
http://www.moderateindependent.com/v2i10abcnews.htm
How America Came to Justify Prisoner Abuse
by David M. Foster http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/4789516.html
CIA’s Book on Torture Written 20 Years Ago
http://www.turks.us/article.php?story=20040530075108471
Pentecost
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15614b.htm
and
http://www.simpleliving.org/Archives/TreasCeleb/TOCMayAug.html#Pentecost
Holy Spirit Makes Christians Agents of Peace, Says Pope
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=54480
Arab American Roman Catholic Community http://www.al-bushra.org/
Every Church A Peace Church
Our GOAL and MISSION is to invite churches to make this AFFIRMATION and to act upon it:
"Following Jesus in nonviolent struggle for justice and peace, we love our neighbors and enemies as God loves us all, becoming a peace church to share in God’s work to save the world."
A peace church is a church which knows what happened to the body of Christ in the world, and still wants to be the body of Christ in the world.
http://www.ecapc.org/mainframe.asp
We Hold These Truths http://www.whtt.org
This year, it also falls on “Pentecost Sunday”, when Christians recall the “Birthday of The Church”. It is a national holiday in many other countries.
This weekend might be an opportune time for Americans and Christians to remember the violence of their histories and return to their original values.
Perhaps, we may then see an end of Militarism and a beginning of Peace.
Please see:
Memorial Day
Traditional: May 30
Observed: last Monday of May
http://www.usmemorialday.org/
Wars and Conflicts of the United States
http://www.klxservices.com/beatty/wars.PDF
American Military History
http://www.historyguy.com/american_military_history.html
ABC News Poll: Majority of Republicans Say Abusing Prisoners Is Okay, Half Of Bush-Brand Say Flat-Out Torture Is Just Fine With Them ...
http://www.moderateindependent.com/v2i10abcnews.htm
How America Came to Justify Prisoner Abuse
by David M. Foster http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/4789516.html
CIA’s Book on Torture Written 20 Years Ago
http://www.turks.us/article.php?story=20040530075108471
Pentecost
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15614b.htm
and
http://www.simpleliving.org/Archives/TreasCeleb/TOCMayAug.html#Pentecost
Holy Spirit Makes Christians Agents of Peace, Says Pope
http://www.zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=54480
Arab American Roman Catholic Community http://www.al-bushra.org/
Every Church A Peace Church
Our GOAL and MISSION is to invite churches to make this AFFIRMATION and to act upon it:
"Following Jesus in nonviolent struggle for justice and peace, we love our neighbors and enemies as God loves us all, becoming a peace church to share in God’s work to save the world."
A peace church is a church which knows what happened to the body of Christ in the world, and still wants to be the body of Christ in the world.
http://www.ecapc.org/mainframe.asp
We Hold These Truths http://www.whtt.org