A major part of my peacemaking work over the years has been to facilitate trainings in various aspects of conflict transformation. In those trainings we used participatory experiential education, sometimes referred to as direct education. The facilitator is not a lecturer, passing on information in a top-down manner, though there may be moments within the… Read more »
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“Carrying the Lament” by Kim Cecil
(We welcome Kim Cecil as a guest blogger. A graduate of the 2022 TCTT in Kansas City, she has a special aching heart over the war between Russia and Ukraine. We welcome her deep reflections on the topic of lament.) CARRYING THE LAMENT Woe to me because of my injury! My wound is incurable! Yet… Read more »
“Women and War” by Sharon Buttry
When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, my heart immediately turned to the many women I met there during my visit in 2019. Of course, everyone in Ukraine knows this war “started” eight years ago in 2014 when Russia invaded Crimea. And that this 2022 invasion was an escalation of a conflict that has… Read more »
“Why I Don’t and Won’t Own a Gun” by Ray Schellinger
Why I don’t and won’t own a gun- also why I don’t believe that you should either- As a matter of faith, I believe it is my responsibility to love even my enemies, and to seek solutions to the enmity that may exist between us, solutions which are redemptive: Solutions that redeem the relationship. Solutions… Read more »
“Guilty Until Proven Innocent” by Wilson Thiongo Gathungu
We welcome Wilson Thiongo Gathungu as a guest blogger to provide one African perspective on the war going on in Ukraine along with the broader issues. Wilson’s peacemaking story is on our website under Peacemaking Bios along with many photos in our Photo Gallery. Amani Milele, Peace Forever! ************* I think all people… Read more »