Tag Archives: peace
God’s Call Is to Seek Change, Not Comfort, to Keep Our Children Safe
By Rev. Shannon Daley-Harris, Religious Affairs Director of The Children’s Defense Fund and member of PHEWA’s Presbyterian Child Advocacy Network (PCAN) Leadership Team “God has called them all home.” My stomach lurched as the president concluded his words … Continue reading
Where is the Prince of Peace?
Peace Discernment After Newtown By Chris Iosso If young men are princes, then few seem to have the Prince of Peace as their model. Every now and then one of these young men commits actual murder, as has just … Continue reading
Hope Has Two Daughters: Anger & Courage
A Sermon on the Mass Killing in Newtown, CT Preached by Rev. Shannan R. Vance-Ocampo on December 16, 2012, on the third Sunday of Advent at Watchung Avenue Presbyterian Church Texts: Isaiah 12 & John 3: 7-20 Let us … Continue reading
In the Aftermath of Two Mass Shootings This Week
Response from the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) From Stated Clerk Gradye Parsons and Presbyterian Mission Agency Executive Director Linda Valentine; Pictured above: Sculpture of Rachel weeping for her lost children Also be sure to read Rev. Shannan Vance-Ocampo’s sermon, “Hope … Continue reading
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