PEACE CHURCHES HOST DIALOGUE WITH IRANIAN PRESIDENT AND 100 RELIGIOUS LEADERS

The below article is VERY good-with the video within it EXCELLENT. I urge you to watch it, if not now, save it and come back. The American Friend's Service Committee is the oldest peace lobby in the United States and is absolutely in the forefront of waging peace instead of war. In almost every case you see peace being waged, you will find all or some of the below mentioned parties. In my own roamings, it has been absolutely an honor to get to meet and know members of these religious organizations. Hat-tip goes to Clo, THANK YOU, this is a WONDERFUL article and video,

From the AFSC: "PEACE CHURCHES HOST DIALOGUE WITH IRANIAN PRESIDENT AND 100 RELIGIOUS LEADERS
Meeting Is Third in a Series Seeking to the Use the Common Ground of Faith to Address Political Tensions"

"The gathering was organized by the Mennonite Central Committee and endorsed by the American Friends Service Committee, the Friends Committee on National Legislation, the Mennonite Church USA, the Mennonite Church Canada and the Church of the Brethren General Board. Other endorsers included Sojourners/Call to Renewal, Pax Christi USA, the World Council of Churches Commission of Churches on International Affairs, and the World Conference of Religions for Peace. The meeting also included Catholics, Methodists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians and others."

http://www.afsc.org/news/2007/Peace-churches-host-dialoguewith-Iranian-President.htm

Follow the links at the bottom of the pages for the rest of the article. Here's the PBS video "Talking to Iran" about the meeting-- you can download it:

http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/312/index.html or watch it online: http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/312/video.html

More excerpts, etc.: http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/312/index.html

"You make peace with those with whom you disagree, not your allies," said Mary Ellen McNish, general secretary of the American Friends Service Committee who traveled to Iran with the February delegation. "Dialogue is not a reward or validation; it is a means to begin the process of reconciliation and pave the way for future constructive relationships."

Joe Volk, executive secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, added: "When other venues have been closed, leaders of faith communities serve by demonstrating that alternatives to heated rhetoric and political isolation exist and may prevent war."

Worth watching!!