Hiroshima Remembrance Day, 6 August

On this day of remembrance, we remember the dead, the injured, the scarred, the broken lives. In many places paper lanterns will float on the waters of ponds, lakes and streams, each holding the memory of lives extinguished at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. May the images we choose to share in worship and in church magazines, carefully reflect our desire to renew our commitment to be peacemakers.

Please acknowledge the photographer and Worship Words.

‘U.S. airman Matthew McGunigle photographed the Hiroshima blast. After the war, he entered a monastery and took a vow of silence.’   — From the narration of the film The Original Child Bomb.