September 11 is a day that needs to be remembered and reflected on for many reasons:

• The tragic loss of life to several thousand innocent people.

• The reminder that violent assault on any one individual reverberates through a family, a community, and a nation.

• The recognition that for the first time in over 100 years, Americans were attacked on their own soil, challenging their assumption that security can be achieved through armed strength alone.

• The killing of innocent people can lead to rage, a desire to retaliate, and calls for revenge.

• Validation of the maxim that every time an invader takes one innocent life, 10 new people join the opposition.

The intent of Terry Jones, pastor of a small evangelical church in Florida, to burn more than 200 Qur'ans on the anniversary of 9/11 can be seen as a powerful example of.... Read more...

August 6, 2010 was the 65^th anniversary of the dropping of the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. This U.S. military action instantly killed over 70,000 Hiroshima residents, almost entirely civilians.

We live in frightening times, and it is easy to think that as individuals there is nothing much we can do about the violence and horror taking place in so many parts of the world.