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Tribute to the Founder of Faithful Security: The Reverend William Sloane Coffin Jr.     Rev. William Sloane Coffin Jr. spent much of his life speaking out about the nuclear danger. All of us who knew or knew of the Reverend William Sloane Coffin are now in mourning. The pain of his passing hits especially hard those of us who have been working closely with Bill to see his final vision of a world free of nuclear weapons become a reality. We will miss his not-so-gentle prodding to keep our noses to the grindstone to "break faith with nuclear weapons." One year ago, Bill asked us to help him create what is now the National Religious Partnership on the Nuclear Weapons Danger. There are many issues that threaten the life and livelihood of God's creatures, but only nuclear weapons have the ability to destroy entire cities, entire neighborhoods, entire communities. As Bill wrote, “Only God has the authority to end all life on the planet, all we have is the power. To live in a world within minutes of possible annihilation is clearly to oppose, not to do God’s will.” One of the last videos of Bill, shot at his home in January shows him reading the Appeal to the Religious Communities of America and elaborating about the National Religious Partnership on the Nuclear Weapons Danger. At the very end of the piece, Bill looks earnestly into the camera and says, “Friends, you’re looking at an old man in a hurry. I hope you’ll join in the race, pick up the pace, and pass me by.”  As you read about the organization that was ushered into being with Bill’s encouragement, please join us and act on his plea. Join the race, help us to pick up the pace. We have no choice now but to pass him by, to usher in his dream for God’s world. President of the National Council of Churches, and active partner in the National Religious Partnership, the Rev. Robert Edgar eloquently remembered Rev. Coffin on the Council’s website. He ended by saying, “ Bill Coffin led a full and remarkable life, and he would not want us to think of his death as premature or tragic. But that doesn’t make it any easier to think of a world without him. We can allow ourselves a few tears. And we remember, in our grief, Bill’s assurance that God is crying, too.”

"Choose life, so that you and your children may live."
-Deuteronomy 30:19

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