Carl Wilkens Interview (AToday)

Carl Wilkens is the focus of the 7th installment of the Viewpoints interview series at Adventist Today. Carl stayed in Rwanda during the genocide in 1994, and he now travels with his wife speaking on issues of human rights and peacemaking. An excerpt from the interview: Jeff: You have said that when faced with evil [...]

The Nonviolence of Humility

The need to be meek and humble advocates for peace and justice has been on my mind lately. As disciples of Jesus, we care deeply about the pain of individuals and the injustice of corrupt systems. Consistent with the way of Jesus, we must work from a place of love and peace, not hatred and [...]

WWU Peacemaking Weekend

Peacemaking Weekend at Walla Walla University (By Doug Morgan) The overflow audience of at least 75 that crowded in and around Room 117 of the Administration Building on Sabbath morning, April 16, signaled a heartening interest in peacemaking at Walla Walla University.  They were there to hear historian Greg Dodds’ presentation on the numerous ways [...]

JesusRadicals.org

I don’t normally link to non-SDA sources on this particular blog, and leave it to you to peruse the sites listed on the right. But occasionally I do share pieces from JesusRadicals.org since I have semi-regular contact with 2 of the main writers, and have met all the other primary contributors. So here are two [...]

SDA Articles

Recent Adventist articles on faith and action: 1) Conversation is the True Work of Peacemaking (Ryan Bell, Huffington Post, 23 Mar 2011) Conversation is two-sided. Many of us, myself included, are better at talking than listening. Because peace is born of understanding and understanding only comes about by deep listening, the conversational skill most urgently [...]

Martin Luther King, Jr.

This is late. I am re-posting thoughts I originally wrote two years ago: Martin Luther King, Jr., is celebrated today. I’m in favor of living his wisdom, rather than just honoring his life with words. King lived the third way, rejecting both violent revolt and passive acceptance of injustice. He taught and lived the way [...]

Christian Nonviolence

While neither written by nor about Adventists, the following 5 essays on Christian nonviolence may be informative for SDAs considering issues of peace advocacy, military participation or social change: Christian Nonviolence (Walter Wink, Z Net, Dec 17, 2004). Wink is the author of Jesus and Nonviolence, Engaging the Power, Unmasking the Powers, & Naming the [...]

Christian Peace Witness for Iraq

By Jeff Boyd On the morning of April 29, 2009, I headed up 14th Street toward National City Christian Church in Thomas Circle to register early for the day’s trainings and worship. The event was a fundraiser for Iraqi refugees, a worship service celebrating peace and justice, and a demonstration against the war in Iraq [...]

Events in D.C.

Are you (or any other Adventists you know)  going to be at these up-coming events? Mobilization to End Poverty (Apr 26-29). Washington, D.C. The Mobilization to End Poverty will be a history-making gathering. Christians from across the country will come together in a powerful movement committed to the biblical imperative of reducing domestic and global [...]