We are in Rome, Georgia, on the next campaign stop. \u00a0 I was interviewed by WGAR radio yesterday. \u00a0 And the following is a blog entry my wife wrote last night: \u00a0 “I am conscious today of the privilege in which we live, Not the privilege of the wealthy who can buy a new Cadillac vs an old \u00a0Dodge Dart. \u00a0But rather, the privilege of the ‘secure.’ \u00a0 All over the world as I write this, there are people who suffer the anguish of insecurity. \u00a0 A mother in Iraq who has lost \u00a0the security of a \u00a0husband and \u00a0a home — to the bombing. \u00a0 A woman in Africa who lost her security when her son was taken by para-military troops who are training him to kill. \u00a0 She awaits anxiously the next attack where she will likely be raped, even killed. \u00a0 A boy in Asia \u00a0became aware of the loss of his innocence, and \u00a0childhood security, when he witnessed a neighbor boy being sold into slavery to provide the next month’s food for the rest of the family. \u00a0 Will he be next? \u00a0 Over and over again, the security of childhood, personhood and livelihood is being lost in so many countries; while we in America, Canada, Europe… are quite secure by comparison. \u00a0 Doesn’t justice cry for a response? \u00a0 A response that changes things? \u00a0 Cleveland’s Joe Mueller responded by going to Iraq unarmed as part of Christian Peacekeeper Team. \u00a0 Bluffton, Ohio’s Matt Meyer went to Belize on a mission trip to work among the poor. \u00a0 We moved to the turbulent inner city of Cleveland to work with the homeless. \u00a0 Isn’t it time in America for all of us to ask ourselves where \u00a0we can risk \u00a0our \u00a0‘security’ in an effort to build real peace and justice for those less secure.” –Liz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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