Friendship at the Margins
Mission director Christopher L. Heuertz and theologian and ethicist Christine D. Pohl say friendship must be at the center of mission and reconciliation.
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Jenny Williams: Love from those who leave
I’ve often preached that we ought to love others who are different from ourselves. But it is humbling to be on the receiving end of that love.
When her daughter and more than 100 other school girls were abducted by Ugandan rebels, Angelina Atyam extended forgiveness even to those who had sinned against her.
As we forgive
After her daughter was kidnapped by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda, Angelina Atyam realized that her mission was not just to secure the child’s release, but to forgive her captors and work for peace and reconciliation.
Richard J. Mouw: How to speak out interreligiously
A patient and pain-staking word, rather than a quick try for a satisfying one, brings greater wisdom and peace.
Small acts, great transformations
As the lives of André Trocmé and Nelson Mandela readily show, transformational leadership begins with small acts of goodness and basic human decency, writes Jason Byassee.
David B. Burrell: Crucible of friendships
When Christians, Muslims and Jews talk together, they discover that it’s less important that their faiths are different than that they are all people of faith, says David B. Burrell.
Imagine a day with no violence
After taking part in simulated United Nations-style negotiations, it became clear that something was missing: A vision of peace beyond the ceasefire, writes Nathan Kirkpatrick.
Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove: God's counterculture
Two young leaders talk about New Monasticism. God doesn’t just work through Lone Rangers, say Shane Claiborne and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove. There always has to be a web of friendship.
Paride Taban: Voice of the voiceless
The Sudanese bishop emeritus expresses hope that “the eyes of the government, the church and the international community can be brought to the dying people through the [Kuron] peace village.”
Josephine Munyeli: After night comes the day
A survivor of the Rwandan genocide labors with World Vision International to bring healing to her country.