peace activists

Peace is not just a colored ribbon. It’s more than a wristband or a t-shirt. It’s not just a donation or a 5 K race. It’s not just a folk song, or a white dove. And peace is certainly more than a celebrity endorsement. Peace is a full-time job. It’s protecting civilians, overseeing elections, and disarming ex-combatants. The UN has over 100,000 Peacekeepers on the ground, in places others can’t or won’t go, doing things others can’t or won’t do. Peace, like war, must be waged. — George Clooney

To Understand and To Act

There has been constant discussion in our news media about the continuing conflict between Israel and Palestinians in the tiny strip of land on the…

Season’s Readings

This year will be different. That’s the promise many of us make to ourselves just after Thanksgiving each year. We make silent oaths that we…