Mike Martin Swords to Plows

Family - Anabaptist- CO pro sports - Outdoors - part blacksmith/part pastor
(he/his/him)

Co-author of Beating Guns:Hope For People Who Are Weary of Violence

[Mike Martin Swords to Plows @pacifisticuffed]

My brother in law needs your help. He was hit by a car on his way home and has already endured multiple brain surgeries.

https://t.co/l8Ro74R7Tv

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

Here’s a Christmas photo that truly honors the Prince of Peace. My pal @pacifisticuffed and family holding garden tools made from guns. Merry Christmas… from all of us at @RAWtools.❤️🎄👊

[Ben Wideman @Can8ianben]

Check it out!! @pacifisticuffed and @ShaneClaiborne are on the latest ep of #ingpodcast talking about #beatingguns and the @RAWtools movement! Listen here (or wherever you get your podcasts) - https://t.co/mPQHPO7Kmy

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

Today, I made a cross out of the barrel of a gun. I’m hoping to make some more soon, for my bishop and clergy friends... I’ve got a pile of guns here that need to be re-purposed.

[James @natgrace79]

Can those who are almost gleefully looking forward to civil war please stop? Especially when you've never actually fought in a war.

War never ends for those who fight them. The bullets may stop, but the war never does. You have no idea what you're calling for.

[Mike Martin Swords to Plows @pacifisticuffed]

@MelissaFloBix His advice is exactly why my mom was never able to trust a psychiatrist, she felt so much weight of not being christian enough. Thank you (and others here) for calling this out.

[Mike Martin Swords to Plows @pacifisticuffed]

The only thing that would make him cuter would be if they arrested the cops that killed #BreonnaTalyor #JusticeForBreonnaTaylor #BlackLivesMatter

[Mike Martin Swords to Plows @pacifisticuffed]

This is what it's like for many of us white people who haven't had/don't want to talk about [systemic]racism.

Go to https://t.co/TLQmH3QsYU and commit to learning how race affects us all. I'm not saying the water is fine, but there are a ton of floaties.

#BlackLivesMatter

[Mike Martin Swords to Plows @pacifisticuffed]

@ArtByRizzo
Source:David Hemenway, Deborah Azrael, Andrew Conner, and Matthew Miller, “Variation in Rates of Fatal Police Shootings Across US States: the Role of Firearm Availability,” Journal of Urban Health (2018): 1–11.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Watch this. It shows why we should all do the right thing and stay home to the fullest extent possible. All of us can help slow the spread of the virus, protecting the elderly, the vulnerable, and each other. https://t.co/FgffQrMVB7

[Mike Martin Swords to Plows @pacifisticuffed]

Instead of telling our grandkids we walked uphill both ways, we'll be telling them we had to wipe with both sides.

[Mike Martin Swords to Plows @pacifisticuffed]

@MelissaFloBix I just un-unaffilliated so I could caucus Dem this cycle. Unaffiliated in CO can vote either party in primary but only one. But you can't caucus unless registered Dem. Unaffilliation is convenient to avoid labels, but can be powerless depending on state systems 4 voting cycle

[Christy Clark @ChristyClarkNC]

.@RAWtools @pacifisticuffed @ShaneClaiborne @RisherRev @SenatorMGraham

Today, I attended an incredibly moving and inspirational event with Beating Guns authors - Shane Claiborne and Mike Martin as well as Reverend Sharon Risher and Commissioner Malcolm Graham.

[Brazos Press @BrazosPress]

"With his outsider status, the stark moral clarity of his message and his concern for the downtrodden, he’s tapped into the spiritual sensibilities of the younger generations."

Check out this profile of @ShaneClaiborne at @washingtonpost! #BeatingGuns https://t.co/D4hXaHo874

[Glen Guyton 🎤✍🏽 💡 @GlenGuyton]

Maybe it’s time for @MennonitesUSA to #bringthePeace please write your government officials and voice your opinion about #endlesswar Is our peace church ready?

[Mike Martin Swords to Plows @pacifisticuffed]

It was a crazy year releasing my first book co-authored with Shane. SO MUCH to fit into the @RAWtools year end report for 2019!!

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

A few highlights from 2019... #BestOf2019

Published #BeatingGuns with my pal Mike Martin @RAWtools... our contribution to a better conversation about gun violence. We can't save every life, but we can do better than 105 lives a day lost to guns which is what we saw in 2019.

[RAWtools ⚒️🔥🌱 @RAWtools]

Our blacksmith in Seattle places Frankincense near the base of the anvil. When hot slag falls away from a transforming barrel, we are reminded of the birth of the Prince of Peace. Emmanuel #beatingguns

[Shane Claiborne @ShaneClaiborne]

After every mass shooting, people say: "All we can do is pray." That's a lie.
Pray we must... But thoughts and prayers must turn into actions and policies. Otherwise we are using prayer as a place to hide from responsibility. #BeatingGuns