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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December 10, 2012Human Rights Day - December 10
About Human Rights Day
- What is Human Rights Day?
- What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
- What has the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) said about human rights?
- Greening the Blue for Human Rights Day 2012
Liturgical Resources
- A pastoral prayer for Human Rights Day
- An Advent devotion for Human Rights Day
- A Minute for Mission for Human Rights Day
- You Have Made Us in Your Image (pdf) - a hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
- You Have Made Us in Your Image (text) - a hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
- A Candle Lighting Service for Human Rights Day
- Order of Worship ...
December 11, 2011
2011 Advent Devotion- Sunday, December 11
Sunday, December 11
Amos 9:11-15
The scripture we read speaks of repair, raise, and rebuild. Repairing. Raising up. Rebuilding. This is what we are about. Yesterday, we celebrated Human Rights Day. So often, our world celebrates “days.” We have days for youth, women, earth, indigenous rights, water, food, HIV/AIDS and so many other days, weeks and months. These days bring our attention to issues of critical need in our communities and around the world. Water is vital, but so many are thirsty. We believe that all God’s children are created equal, but youth and women are all ...
December 10, 2011
Human Rights Day
As we celebrate Human Rights Day today, I reflect on the words of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said a few days earlier on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, “To eradicate contemporary forms of slavery, we need new strategies and measures that can unite all actors. While Governments bear the primary responsibility, the private sector has an integral role to play.” Couldn’t this same argument be made in regards to human rights?
Governments certainly play a large role creating, implementing and changing strategies to protect human rights. With that said, we as global citizens, the ...
December 2, 2011
Words save lives
Will you write a letter to save a life?
I will.
Tonight I signed up to participate in Amnesty International’s Write for Rights Global Write-a-thon between December 3 and December 11. This time period includes Human Rights Day.
Hundreds of thousands of people from around the world will take part in the Write for Rights Global Write-a-thon; Amnesty International calls it the world’s largest human rights event:
Through letters, cards and more, we take action to demand that the human rights of individuals are respected, protected and fulfilled. We show solidarity with those suffering human rights abuses, and ...
December 2, 2011
Words save lives
Will you write a letter to save a life?
I will.
Tonight I signed up to participate in Amnesty International’s Write for Rights Global Write-a-thon between December 3 and December 11. This time period includes Human Rights Day.
Hundreds of thousands of people from around the world will take part in the Write for Rights Global Write-a-thon; Amnesty International calls it the world’s largest human rights event:
Through letters, cards and more, we take action to demand that the human rights of individuals are respected, protected and fulfilled. We show solidarity with those suffering human rights abuses, and ...