Union College — Conflict & Peacemaking Class

Thank you, Union College Agitators, for hosting us this week. Below are resources I told Chris Blake I would share with the Conflict and Peacemaking class. DISCLAIMER: This list does not mean I endorse every sentiment expressed in the songs, articles, books and films, but they are sources of thought-provoking material. May we ever rely [...]

Economic Justice

Bryan Bissell shares these thoughts and resources: Most people know intuitively that large income gaps are very harmful to everyone. This is explicitly what the Bible’s Jubilee economic principles were designed to prevent. Now we have conclusive evidence that proves it. If you haven’t watched any of my other links, watch this one. http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_wilkinson.html http://www.equalitytrust.org.uk/ [...]

enditnow Campaign

Heather-Dawn Small, the GC Women’s Ministries Director, spoke with me about enditnow, the Adventist campaign to curb violence against women. The interview is now posted at Adventist Today–Viewpoints Vol. 4: Heather-Dawn Small. Regarding the link between the campaign and evangelism in post-Christian contexts, she shares: Many of the European countries welcomed for this campaign because [...]

Boulder (CO) & Project 5:2

Boulder SDA Church & Social Justice Kevin Bowen and I recently had a conversation via Skype regarding social justice. Kevin is a pastor at the Boulder SDA Church (CO), and he wanted to include portions of our conversation for a sermon to be preached there (Project 5:2). He warned me about some of the questions, [...]

Peace in Adventist Education

The Journal of Adventist Education dedicated an edition to peace. To view the articles online, go to the Issue Index and click on Volume 70, Issue 3, 2008.

LifeServe 2010

If any readers attend LifeServe this coming September, send us an update to post here. Gracias. From the LifeServe website: LifeServe 2010 Columbus, Ohio | September 29 – October 1, 2010 LifeServe National Conference 2010  – The Leading Conference for Volunteer Ministry Solutions. LifeServe is a one-of-a-kind national conference that combines the best of Church Volunteer [...]

Peace Books

Adventist peace activists may appreciate this list of 100 books suggested by the Berghof Research Center–100 Resource Books for Conflict Transformation. I found the list on Notre Dame’s peace program website.

Advent

In addition to Advent Conspiracy mentioned previously, Christian Peace Witness lists a number of resources for the season, including: Advent Coloring Book NRCAT Resources Advent Prayer Daily Reflections from Pax Christi Prayer for the UN Christmas Eve Prayer Human Rights Day (Dec. 10) resources from Presbyterian Church USA. Keep checking the CPW site for info [...]

Friday’s Online Potpourri

Looking for something to read this weekend? These are noteworthy: SDA World Make Poverty Personal (my review at Adventist Today)  :) Treasurer, a native son, dismisses a poverty mindset in West-Central Africa (Ansel Oliver, ANN) Maranatha marks 40 years of church, school construction worldwide (Megan Brauner, ANN) Adventist global campaign against domestic violence launched in [...]

Web Roundup

SDA Articles/Posts ONE Sabbath Campaign (Doug Morgan, Peace Messenger, 19 Sep 09) The ONE Sabbath campaign launched on September 16 with the purpose of mobilizing people of faith to address the issue of extreme poverty and preventable diseases.  Find out more from the clip below and at www.ONE.org/ONESabbath. T.R.M. Howard – Adventist Physician and Civil [...]

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