“So Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the Negeb. Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold…. And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents, so that the land could not support both...
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Five years ago, I joined with Rick Love and Michael Ly to launch Peace Catalyst International, hoping to contribute to the flourishing of the global neighborhood by building friendships between Christians and Muslims. We wanted to focus more on common grace and common good rather than acting as if we had a common theology. We...
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A FATHER’S LOVES, A DAUGHTER’S HOPES On Monday, November 24, 2014, the world heard an agonizing cry from the city of Ferguson, Missouri. The St. Louis County prosecutor announced that a grand jury decided not to indict Officer Darren Wilson, the white police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, on...
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Advent teaches us how to live as we wait.
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Yesterday, a number of us from The Washington Institute for Faith, Vocation, and Culture had the privilege to sit at table with “a man from Galilee,” Archbishop Emeritus Elias Chacour, a man many people the world over call Abuna, or Father. It was not the first time I had met this holy man–for indeed, that...
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Every summer, the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) brings together practitioners from around the world interested in augmenting their training in peace and conflict transformation. This year, a new course was offered on architecture and design as a peacebuilding practice taught by Deanna Van Buren, architect, and Barb Toews, practitioner...
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