"Words, Not War, With Iran"

Tagging on to Rob's closing comments in the "dude" blog entry, I want to offer this article for any interested people to read. It is found in the August 2006 issue of Sojourners magazine. Go to www.sojo.net and click and hold on "Magazine" along the top button bar. On the drop down menu, click on "Current Issue." The second article listed, with the same title as the title of this blog entry is a call to action that is being signed by various people, but it is available to read (once you sign up to read it -- free). This was written by a team of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish religious leaders expressing their deep concern about nuclear weapons in Iran, the Middle East, and the world. They are opposing use of military force to accomplish the goal. I am encouraged by this and challenged to continue thoughtful consideration of this complex issue of our world structure. The cover story of this issue is from a quote from Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, while on a panel in England to discuss the best response to terrorism. The quote is "If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." Jim Wallis, Editor-in-Chief for Sojourners, calls the U.S. propensity to solve problems with a fight "the hammer habit." I had to smile at that. Feels like that sometimes to me.