Swords into plowshares
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November 7, 2012Pray without ceasing
by Rochelle Rawls-Shaw
As I look out my newly installed window (Superstorm Sandy destroyed the old one) on the 7th floor of the Church Center for the United Nations, I see and am experiencing a different New York, United Nations and United States. There is something missing … something’s changed. It’s cold, wet and gray outside today and there are fewer people walking down 1st Avenue than usual. The flags of the 193 member states have not been lifted today.
There’s nobody in the office right now but me, but I am NOT alone. I am in the ...