Over the last 6 months I have met hundreds of migrants fleeing the violence, abuse and hopelessness in Central America. I have met with them as a pastor and friend, eager to give them a sign of hope and welcome. Their stories have ripped my heart to pieces, but perhaps not as much as the… Read more »
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“Faith-Inspired Peace Making” by Philip Kakungulu
Faith-inspired peacemaking is a divine mandate to wage peace like war, transforming conflicts through love and reconciliation (Matthew 5:9). In Uganda, where colonial missionaries divided the Buganda Kingdom’s seven hills, religion has both fueled conflict and offered healing (Katongole, 2011). As a peace warrior, I embody this calling through rituals like Baptism, Communion, and charity,… Read more »
“What Can We Do About Gun Violence” by Bob Tiller
(Bob Tiller is a dear long-time friend and colleague of Dan Buttry who has been involved in peace and justice work for many decades. He recently wrote this article for “The Baptist Peacemaker.” Dan asked if we could post this as a guest blog, and Bob agreed. The context is the United States where some… Read more »
“The Next G8N Peace Makers” by Philip Kakungulu
In 2018, co-facilitating conflict transformation trainings in West Africa and Nairobi with Revs. Dan and Sharon Buttry ignited a vision for a Pan African Peace Network. Hosted by Tearfund, these trainings united peace warriors from Uganda, Nigeria, South Sudan, and beyond, reducing degrees of separation among Africa’s peacemakers (Buttry, 2015). David Couzens’s metaphor of a… Read more »
“No More Keeping Silent!” by Veronika Voloshyna
On Saturday, November 24th here in Ukraine we remembered the act of violence against the whole Ukrainian nation – Holodomor, the genocide of over 7 million Ukrainians in the Ukraine Soviet Socialist Republic and another 3 million in other parts of the Soviet Union in 1932-1933 under Josef Stalin. Today, November 25th, is the International Day… Read more »