Resources for Use in Times of Terrorism and War
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- Prayers & Worship Resources:
- "The Boy Next Door: On Another Senseless Shooting," Janet Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2012.
- "God of Mercy, You Have Shown Us," an original hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, lamenting gun violence, tune: BEACH SPRING 8.7.8.7 D (“God Whose Giving Knows No Ending�).
- Prayers for Peace in the Middle East, National Council of Churches, 2003
- Prayers in Time of War, The Labarum Collection at Oremus.org, ready to print church services from the Royal Army Chaplains' Department for use in parish and chaplaincy.
- A Prayer Vigil in Time of War - prayer room on the web. Frank Logue
- Litany for Peace, Peace and Justice Support Network of Mennonite Church, USA.
- Prayer for Peace, Nicholas Hutchinson.
- Preaching Peace. Weekly lectionary commentary and other resources from Jeff Krantz & Michael Hardin, also features the anthropology of Girard.
- A Service for Peace in a Time of War and Deployment of Military Personnel: Prayers and Blessing, A Day of Prayer in Time of Crisis & War, the Rev. Thomas L. Weitzel, ELCA.
- Poems at Poets for Peace.
- Prayer for Peace and Liturgies in Solidarity (with those who have suffered abuse). Wellsprings, UK.
- Articles and Sermons:
- Sikhism: 5 Things to Know about the Sikh Religion, Huffington Post Religion.
- The Difference between Muslims and Sikhs.. Misses the Point, Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, Huffington Post Religion.
- Amid Sikh Temple Shooting Tragedy, a Triumph of American Values, Dr. Faheem Younus, cited in bloomingcactus, 2012.
- "Worship - The Redemption of Desire," Jeff Krantz, Preaching Peace.
- "Preaching Faith in the Midst of Tragedy: American Preachers' Responses," Robert P. Waznak, America, 2001.
- Season of Peacemaking. Links to statements and other resources for education and advocacy on Iraq. National Council of Churches.
- War is a Defeat for Humanity, Letter from the Jesuit Social Justice Secretariate in Rome.
- Websites, Groups & Organizations, Other Resources:
- “Congregational Toolkit for Gun Violence Prevention� (free download) from Presbyterian Peace Fellowship and Heeding God’s Call for resources for conversation, study, and organizing. Heeding God's Call is a faith-based movement that has proven to be effective in engaging local communities to take concrete action and effect genuine change to reduce violence in their communities.
- "Gun Violence, Gospel Values: Mobilizing in Response to God’s Call."A Presbyterian Church (USA) report challenges our society's fatalism and numbness in accepting the highest gun death rates in the world, reviews past church positions and proposes a new "spiritual awakening" approach: a church-related, community-based strategy inspired by “Heeding God’s Call� in Philadelphia.
- Presbyterian Peacemaking Program.
- Sojourners
- ELCA Middle East Connections.
- Theology and Peace.
- New Community Project.
- Lutheran Peace Fellowship.
- Christian Church, Disciples of Christ.
- Peace and Justice Support Network of the Mennonite Church, USA.
- Baptist Peace Fellowship.
- Fellowship of Reconciliation - Peace, Justice and Nonviolence.
- Churches for Middle East Peace.