And here in the United States – where we experience our own disproportionate and ongoing epidemic of gun violence in our communities – two men are taking quite literally the call to “beat swords [or guns] into plowshares.” Co-authors Michael Martin and Shane Claiborne are currently on a nationwide bus tour, complete with an actual blacksmith, that invites people to bring weapons and turn them into garden tools. Welton will sit with Shane and Michael to discuss the tour and their brand-new book, “Beating Guns: Hope for People Who Are Weary of Violence.”
Hear the full March 23, 2019 State of Belief Radio program here.