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The reality is that we have a long way to go, but hope is present. I encourage you to look at Mass Peace Action’s website and see events throughout the week that call people to remember and to work for peace. Also, related to the struggles we continue to experience, the injustice of the atomic bombing does have racial underpinnings as you can read about in this article (with a warning about a graphic photo) in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists by Elaine Scarry.

I am glad for the way the United Methodist Church works with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and encourages each of us to do all we can to eliminate nuclear weapons. See this article that gives details on putting our faith into action. We also need to hold ourselves accountable for enabling an economy which is so focused on weapons production and as the World Methodist Social Affirmation reminds us to “confess our sin, individual and collective, by silence or action…through the search for security by those military and economic forces that threaten human existence.”

Thank you for taking time this week to remember, to learn, and to act in ways that help lead us to a more peaceful community and world. Let us work for peace and the elimination of warfare and weaponry that harms life, along with the economic system that supports it. Together, acting with faith, hope, and love, we can be the church for ourselves, for others, and for our world.

Your in Christ,

Rev. Herb Taylor

Lead Pastor