If the people in that church are not actively surfing on the wave of waging peace in community, then the mission statement of the church is not just a joke but a lie.
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“Rediscovering the Prayerful Vision of Shalom” by Philip Kakungulu
Recently I made a new friend on Facebook, Bill Salyers. He is well over 90 years old, and he shared his journey of life. I was just blown away at how much we can accomplish in a life time. He mentioned that he was at the Kings Creek Baptist Church, one of the very first… Read more »
“Guilty Until Proven Innocent” by Wilson Gathungu
We welcome Wilson Gathungu, one of our peace warriors from Kenya. Many of us have known Wilson over the years and sometimes co-facilitated with him in peace and conflict transformation trainings. He’s done amazing work on the ground in some of Kenya’s flash points. In June 2021, I got an opportunity to attend Fayya Integrated… Read more »
“Your Right to Mental Health” by Veronika Voloshyna
As Veronika wrote this blog the war between Israel and Hamas has broken out. The war between Russia and Ukraine slogs brutally on. The wars in Myanmar, Sudan, and Ethiopia continue with little outside attention. All these conflicts create countless mental health casualties. Long after wars are over such casualties take a terrible toll on… Read more »
“The Kingdom of Heaven Beyond Evangelicalism” by Philip Kakungulu
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN BEYOND EVANGELICALISM In much of Christian Africa, colonially-seeded religious institutions have widely applied the term “Kingdom of Heaven” to divide and rule the masses, creating conflicting divisions among nations and peoples. These highly contested divisions have for decades relegated the church in Africa, remaining irrelevant to the eternal needs of her… Read more »