Tag Archives: Peace discernment

Let’s Focus on Nonviolence

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Daniel Ott

Let’s focus on nonviolence! I am encouraged by the news out of the 221st General Assembly of the PC(USA). The assembly decided that we need to continue our church-wide discernment process about peacemaking, and it sounds like there was some … Continue reading →

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Peacemaking and Pacifism: Seeking Common Ground and Recognizing Differences

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Edward LeRoy Long, Jr.

A Response to “Risking Peace” and the Peace Fellowship’s Proposals The forthcoming General Assembly is facing a number of issues with important consequences for the present and future identity of the Church. While the two issues that have created the … Continue reading →

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The Mark of Identity: ‘Risking Peace’ in the Ecumenical Context

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Rodney Petersen

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” (Matt. 5:9). Humanity, Scripture tells us, has been made in the image of God. Jesus was recognized as the son of God. Central to the notion of being … Continue reading →

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Short Takes on Peace: Episode 7

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Rob Moore

  Richard A. Horsley, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Boston Linda Morgan-Clement, chaplain and director of Interfaith Campus Ministries, Wooster College, OH  

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