Bridget Moix, Author at Religion News Service https://religionnews.com Driving essential conversation about how religion and beliefs shape us and our world. Wed, 04 Sep 2024 17:26:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://religionnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Favicon-100x100.png Bridget Moix, Author at Religion News Service https://religionnews.com 32 32 At Quaker World Plenary, Americans are seen as key to building peace https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/at-quaker-world-plenary-americans-are-seen-as-key-to-building-peace/ https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/at-quaker-world-plenary-americans-are-seen-as-key-to-building-peace/#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2024 17:25:12 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4164830 (RNS) — An informal survey showed how U.S. policy impacts communities around the globe.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/09/04/at-quaker-world-plenary-americans-are-seen-as-key-to-building-peace/feed/ 0 The world does not lack for war. It lacks peace. https://religionnews.com/2024/08/09/the-world-does-not-lack-for-war-it-lacks-peace/ https://religionnews.com/2024/08/09/the-world-does-not-lack-for-war-it-lacks-peace/#respond Fri, 09 Aug 2024 16:49:23 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4161422 (RNS) — Congress must stop doubling down on militarism and get serious about investing in tools that can effectively reduce violence, prevent war and promote sustainable peace.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/08/09/the-world-does-not-lack-for-war-it-lacks-peace/feed/ 0 Violence interrupters increase the peace for all of us https://religionnews.com/2024/06/26/violence-interrupters-increase-the-peace-for-all-of-us/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/26/violence-interrupters-increase-the-peace-for-all-of-us/#respond Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:19:35 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4155175 (RNS) — Rather than cutting funding, Congress should invest more in community violence intervention programs.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/26/violence-interrupters-increase-the-peace-for-all-of-us/feed/ 0 Why Americans of faith need to care about reducing harm to the environment abroad https://religionnews.com/2024/06/06/why-reducing-harm-to-the-environment-abroad-is-part-of-living-my-faith/ https://religionnews.com/2024/06/06/why-reducing-harm-to-the-environment-abroad-is-part-of-living-my-faith/#respond Thu, 06 Jun 2024 19:53:34 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4152026 (RNS) — Investing in international climate assistance is fundamentally about justice.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/06/06/why-reducing-harm-to-the-environment-abroad-is-part-of-living-my-faith/feed/ 0 ‘Oppenheimer’ may have ignored our own nuclear victims. Congress should not.  https://religionnews.com/2024/04/26/oppenheimer-may-have-ignored-our-own-nuclear-victims-congress-should-not/ https://religionnews.com/2024/04/26/oppenheimer-may-have-ignored-our-own-nuclear-victims-congress-should-not/#respond Fri, 26 Apr 2024 16:36:50 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4145254 (RNS) — The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act expires in June. It doesn’t have to.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/04/26/oppenheimer-may-have-ignored-our-own-nuclear-victims-congress-should-not/feed/ 0 We need practical — and humane — migration solutions https://religionnews.com/2024/03/19/we-need-practical-and-humane-migration-solutions/ https://religionnews.com/2024/03/19/we-need-practical-and-humane-migration-solutions/#respond Tue, 19 Mar 2024 22:27:56 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4138571 (RNS) — Sincere bipartisan negotiations and solutions on immigration law are overdue.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/03/19/we-need-practical-and-humane-migration-solutions/feed/ 0 In search of peace in the Holy Land https://religionnews.com/2024/02/07/in-search-of-peace-in-the-holy-land/ https://religionnews.com/2024/02/07/in-search-of-peace-in-the-holy-land/#respond Wed, 07 Feb 2024 20:47:31 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4131569 (RNS) — Gaza is the epicenter, but a broader war was unfolding all around us.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/02/07/in-search-of-peace-in-the-holy-land/feed/ 0 Finding hope amid the rubble of our world is not naive. It is necessary. https://religionnews.com/2024/01/05/finding-hope-amid-the-rubble-of-our-world-is-not-naive-it-is-necessary/ https://religionnews.com/2024/01/05/finding-hope-amid-the-rubble-of-our-world-is-not-naive-it-is-necessary/#respond Fri, 05 Jan 2024 19:15:39 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4126546 (RNS) — Our work advocating for a more just, peaceful and sustainable world will need to be continually renewed, not just this year but for many years ahead.

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2024/01/05/finding-hope-amid-the-rubble-of-our-world-is-not-naive-it-is-necessary/feed/ 0 The urgent need for a truth and healing commission on Indian boarding schools https://religionnews.com/2023/11/15/the-urgent-need-for-a-truth-and-healing-commission-on-indian-boarding-schools/ https://religionnews.com/2023/11/15/the-urgent-need-for-a-truth-and-healing-commission-on-indian-boarding-schools/#respond Wed, 15 Nov 2023 18:49:27 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4119532 (RNS) — As a Quaker, I find it painful to face our history of participation in these schools. But we cannot live our faith with integrity if we do not. 

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]]> https://religionnews.com/2023/11/15/the-urgent-need-for-a-truth-and-healing-commission-on-indian-boarding-schools/feed/ 0 Siding with peace in the Middle East  https://religionnews.com/2023/10/30/siding-with-peace-in-the-middle-east/ https://religionnews.com/2023/10/30/siding-with-peace-in-the-middle-east/#respond Mon, 30 Oct 2023 20:16:22 +0000 https://religionnews.com/?p=4116787 (RNS) — The future for Palestinians and Israelis is being erased each passing day.

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