Andrews Univ: Summit on Social Consciousness

Summit on Social Consciousness: Lessons from Rwanda (April 11-14, 2012) This past weekend, Andrews University hosted Carl Wilkens at the Summit on Social Consciousness.[i] Wilkens, who worked for ADRA at the time and is now the co-founder of World Outside My Shoes, was the only U.S. citizen who remained in Rwanda during the 100-day genocide [...]

PICO and Economic Reform

Shared by Ryan Bell, who is participating in the meetings: Clergy gather in New Orleans to craft a populist message to aim at politicians (Bruce Nolan, Times-Picayune, 17 Nov 2011) More than 500 clergy from dozens of denominations are in New Orleans this week, laying plans they hope will force next year’s presidential candidates to [...]

Decade to Overcome Violence

I recently posted links to a series of articles by Barry Bussey about the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation in Jamaica. In a conference call with Christian Peace Witness this week, three members shared some of their experiences at the same event. They also highlighted a few resources available on the website, and I wanted to share [...]

Articles of Interest

Though shorter than most “potpourri” lists, here are a few articles of interest: 1) Religious Peace Fellowship Representatives Gather (Ryan Bell, Peace Messenger, 15 Mar 2011) I end my day today reflecting on my personal commitment to a more peaceful world. Specifically, I find myself wondering what God would have the Adventist Peace Fellowship do [...]

Viewpoints: Bruce Boyd (Adv Today)

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing a relative–Bruce Boyd–for the Viewpoints interview series at Adventist Today. We talked about conflict since he teaches conflict resolution at Canadian University College. Here’s an excerpt: Jeff: What advice do you have for the North American church regarding how to discuss sensitive issues like creation and evolution, homosexuality [...]

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 [...]

Christian Peace Witness

On this week’s Christian Peace Witness (CPW) conference call, we talked about a number of issues of interest to those concerned about peace and justice. Here briefly are just some of the topics discussed: 1) In many of our denominations there is a disconnect between members of the various peace fellowships and the clergy who [...]

Justice Revival — Dallas

Are any Adventists at Justice Revival this week? Let us know, and consider writing a review for Adventist Activism.

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 [...]

Adventist Urban Congress

Adventist Community Services has sent out a last minute notice about the second Adventist Urban Congress on Sunday, August 30 through Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at the Dallas First Adventist Church, in Dallas, Texas. Speakers will include Sung Kwon, Gaspar Colon, Zdravko Plantak, James Black Sr., Jose Vicente Rojas, and Don Schneider, among others. I [...]