Swords into plowshares
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Swords into Plowshares is the blog of the Peacemaking Program and the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations of the Presbyterian Mission Agency of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
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July 2010
July 31, 2010Countdown to Zero
Check out Countdown to Zero - a new film that traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possess nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to join them, with...
July 31, 2010
Presbyterian Office of Public Witness Director on immigration on PBS
An interview with the Office of Public Witness Director, the Rev. J. Herbert Nelson II, is scheduled to air on PBS this Sunday PBS' Religion and Ethics Newsweekly interviewed the Reverend J. Herbert Nelson II on the topic of immigration....
July 31, 2010
Urge Your Senators to Support the START Treaty and Reduce Nuclear Dangers
We have been encouraging support for the START agreement between the United States and Russia. Here is another take on that topic from our colleagues in the Presbyterian Washington Office History of the START agreement The original START agreement between...
July 31, 2010
A Zillion Visions of Peace
Check out what Presbyterian Lura Pierce, a retired teacher, has been doing in retirement: From her original blog:The time has come to travel for peace. I will carry the originally designed butterfly peace quilt wherever I am invited. I will...
July 28, 2010
Where START stands
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has scheduled a vote on the New START Treaty on Tuesday, August 3 or Wednesday, August 4. This treaty would reduce the number of nuclear weapons held by the United States and Russia.A treaty only...