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Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach reflects on this Sunday’s lectionary texts:
In today’s Deuteronomy text Moses is allowed to view, but not enter, the land promised by the Lord to the Israelites. Moses’ successor, Joshua, is the one who will lead the people of Israel into the “promised land.” God promises the land to the people of Israel “forever” but attaches conditions…
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Posted by Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach
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As we approach the ten year anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, it is worth taking note of the staggering costs of war in Afghanistan and Iraq over the past decade. A recent study by researchers at Brown University suggested that as many as 225,000 people have died as a result of the two wars. They also suggest that the price tag for the military’s involvement could be as high as $4 trillion.
Take some time this week to tell your policymakers that the current level of military spending is unsustainable. Our nation must find alternative responses to violence. The costs are simply too high.
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Posted by Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach
Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach writes for Third Way Cafe:
But resolutions such as the one passed by the Senate, despite stating “strong support” for a two-state solution to
the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, do not lay the groundwork necessary for a meaningful, negotiated solution to take place.
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Posted by Patricia Kisare
Register now for the 2011 advocacy conference of Churches for Middle East Peace, May 22 starting at 7:00 pm
through Tuesday, May 24.
CMEP is privileged to have His Excellency Archbishop Dr. Elias Chacour, Arch-eparchy of Akka, Haifa, Nazareth and Galilee, as the Sunday evening speaker.
Click here for more information on the conference. Click here to register.
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Posted by Ebuka Mefor
Churches for Middle East Peace has produced a resource for use during the Lenten season. Print it out and use it to guide your congregation’s prayer and action for peace in the Middle East during this season of Lent.
Also, make plans now to attend “For the Peace of Jerusalem,” an advocacy conference sponsored by Churches for Middle East Peace, May 22-24 in Washington, DC. A schedule, list of speakers and registration info is online.
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Posted by Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach
Early Saturday February 19 the House of Representatives passed legislation (H.R. 1)
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that would cut federal spending by $61 billion. The cuts come mainly in programs dedicated to assistance for vulnerable populations in the U.S. and internationally.
You can let your Senators know that this approach to the budget is neither responsible nor just.
Together, these two areas of the budget represent just 15 percent of U.S. spending. Although the same legislation requests a defense budget 3 percent lower than the President’s 2011 request, it is still $8 billion higher than 2010 levels. Defense spending represents over 50 percent of U.S. discretionary (not mandatory) spending.
The math is questionable: how can we address the deficit without addressing the most expensive portion of the budget? Even beyond military spending, H.R. 1 fails to adequately address a number of root causes of the nation’s deficit.
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Posted by Christina Warner
A resolution on Israeli settlement construction could be considered in the next few days in the United Nations Security Council.
The draft resolution circulating at the U.N. Security Council would:
On February 2, Mennonite Central Committee U.S. and 12 other Christian churches and organizations sent a letter to President Obama, saying “In the interest of just, lasting, and comprehensive peace, we ask that you support this resolution being brought to the U.N. Security Council for debate and that the U.S. vote affirmatively when it is considered.”
Send your own email in support of the resolution.
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