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Renouncing the Nuclear Idolatry: No More Gods of Metal!
06 August 1945, the day that death rained from the sky on Hiroshima, Japan. 09 August 1945, a second atomic bomb of a different design (might as well test out both models) was dropped on Nagasaki,...
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The Nagasaki Principle
Writing in the Boston Globe, historian James Caroll talks about “the Nagasaki Principle.” On 06 August 1945, the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. No matter whether we believe that act...
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Nagasaki Mayor Warns Against Nuclear Arms on 61st A-Bomb Anniversary
As reported by Agence France Press, the mayor of Nagasaki, Japan rebuked the world’s nuclear powers for not doing more to disarm and to prevent nuclear proliferation. “What is the human race doing?”...
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5 Former Soviet Republics Give Up Nukes
A groundbreaking treaty negotiated by Russia with Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, commits these former republics of the old USSR to never produce, buy, or allow nuclear...
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Renewed Nuclear Danger: Respond in Faith, Not Fear
There is no doubt that North Korea’s test of a nuclear weapon today increases the nuclear danger. North Korea is not likely to start a nuclear war. They clearly developed these weapons as a deterrent...
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Sometimes I Hate Being Right
The Neo-Cons are getting too predictable. I wish I had blogged this as proof. On Tuesday, I said to a friend at work that, because of the quagmire in Iraq, it was not likely that the Neo-Con hawks...
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From the West Bank: Friday Nonviolent Protests Continue/Israeli Violence...
On Sami Awad’s wonderful blog, Never Give Up, you can find a description and photos of the nonviolent protest in Bethlehem at the apartheid wall this past Friday. Sami Awad, a Palestinian Christian,...
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Hiroshima Remembrance Day
06 August 1945 the world was forever changed as U.S. bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb nicknamed “Little Boy” on Hiroshima, Japan, a city with very little military value. This was the first...
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U.S./Russia Nuclear Disarmament Talks: A Matter for Prayer
Next week, the U.S. and Russia begin our first serious talks about nuclear disarmament since the end of the Cold War. Both sides want to make deep cuts in nuclear arsenals–perhaps getting to under...
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki Remembrance Days
On 06 and 09 August, respectively, will be the 64th anniversaries of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Many churches use the Sunday nearest these anniversaries for a peace...
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