United Nations

The United Nations was created 80 years ago in 1945, following the devastation of the Second World War, with one central mission: the maintenance of international peace and security. I remember! The dedication I wrote for my 2004 book, "Church Conflict: From Contention to Collaboration" reads, "To all people who address conflict not through violence, but through collaborative means of justice, shared power, peacemaking and partnership in interdependent communities locally and globally, particularly the United Nations." 

        The United Nations is "we" not "you." I am deeply troubled that the current president of the U.S. scolded the U.N. at the General Assembly in NYC today. He was not only rude, but wrong, insulting, and arrogant. This United States has supported the U.N. for 80 years and must so in the future.