Mike Martin

Gun Violence Prevention Month: The Work of RAWtools

June 2, 2023

General, Gun Violence, Peace & Nonviolence, Revival

According to the Gun Violence Archive, over 44,000 people died by firearm in 2022. That’s 120 people per day. Gun Violence is now the leading cause of death for kids under the age of 18 - not car crashes or can...

Ears to Hear

Mike Martin

January 5, 2020

Church Life, Peace & Nonviolence, Practical Justice

Do we want to sound more like the NRA or more like Jesus?

Turning Guns into Garden Tools

Mike Martin

December 21, 2017

General, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Practical Justice

By turning swords into plowshares and guns into garden tools, we’re advocating for an altogether different approach to violence in our country. An approach that elevates the Sermon on the Mount over the 2nd Amendment.

Disarming to Welcome the Prince of Peace

Mike Martin

December 14, 2016

General, Peace & Nonviolence

We can follow the Prince of Peace toward a less violent world. This Advent season, may we all find the courage to turn the swords of our life into plowshares.