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60 Years Ago: MLK’s Letter from Birmingham Jail – A Reading

RLC Editor
April 16, 2023
General, Global, Gun Violence, Interfaith, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Practical Justice, Race
60 years ago today, Dr. King wrote his letter from the Birmingham jail. It speaks to the moment we are living in right now. A few years ago @RedLetterXians faith leaders read it in its entirety… check it out he...

Christ, Not Guns: A Reflection on the Nashville Shooting

Shane Claiborne
March 31, 2023
Death Penalty, General, Gun Violence, Interfaith, Peace & Nonviolence, Practical Justice, Revival
It happened again. This time, 6 people were killed, three of them 9-year-old children. Gun violence has hit nearly every community in our country – from small towns like Hesston, KS to large cities like Orlando...

Greeting the Prince of Peace 10 Years After Sandy Hook

RLC Editor and Shane Claiborne
December 22, 2022
General, Gun Violence
Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared in Religion News Service. The Christmas season makes room for commemorations of violence done against the innocent. It’s now been 10 years since the shooting at S...

The Shooting in Buffalo Happened within a Context of Complicity with White Supremacy

Jemar Tisby
December 14, 2022
Gun Violence, Race
Editor’s note: this piece first appeared on the RLC blog on May 16, 2022. On Saturday, May 14, 2022 a young man entered a grocery store in predominantly Black neighborhood in Buffalo, New York and opened fir...

It’s been a week since the Club Q shooting. Let’s not move on.

Shane Claiborne
December 1, 2022
General, Gun Violence, LGBTQ+, Peace & Nonviolence, Race
Note: This piece originally appeared in Religion News Service. The LGBTQ community continues to bear a disproportionate amount of hateful gun violence in America. It has been a week since the Club Q shooting ...

​Statement regarding Parkland School Shooting Jury Recommendation

Sharon Risher
October 13, 2022
Death Penalty, Gun Violence
I offer my prayers and love to the families, co-victims and survivors of all of those killed and injured in the Parkland school shooting. As I watched the hearing this morning I remembered sitting in a...

This School Year We Should Get Curious rather than Punitive When it Comes to Kids, All Kids

Emily Jones
August 30, 2022
Family and Parenting, Gun Violence, Practical Justice, Race
Scripture tells the story of a 12-year-old Jesus who slipped off without the courtesy of a quick word to Mother Mary or Stepfather Joseph about where he was going or how late he was staying out. His parents ass...

Faith leaders attend White House celebration of gun control law

Adelle M. Banks and Jack Jenkins
July 12, 2022
Gun Violence, Politics
"Claiborne added that he understood that the bipartisan legislation 'is the most substantial gun reform bill that we’ve seen in 30 years. But what we also heard is how dysfunctional our political process is — because there’s so much more that’s needed.'"

Sharletta Evans: Pioneer of Restorative Justice (Excerpt from Beating Guns)

Shane Claiborne
June 23, 2022
Gun Violence
Sharletta’s story of forgiveness and extensive work to offer the opportunity for restitution and restoration for offenders is awe-inspiring. It’s an example of what it looks like to no longer learn how to make war. It’s what we’re called to do when we choose to carry a plow instead of a gun.

Praying at the NRA Convention

Shane Claiborne
June 13, 2022
Gun Violence, Peace & Nonviolence
I believe in prayer. That’s why we went to the NRA prayer breakfast. But I also believe in action
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