One of our Global Peace Warriors, Veronika Voloshyna, has been sharing in blogs and poetry about her experience living in Ukraine as Russia launched its invasion, then fleeing to The Netherlands where she has been living and working. She has shared many raw and deep feelings that give us a window into not only her… Read more »
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Untitled Poem by Veronika Voloshyna
Впевняю себе: то не серце, То просто запалення нерва. Незручно лежала, напевно. Воно ж іще б’ється? Б’ється. Коли завмирає від жаху, Кажу собі: дихай, ще дихай, Помалу, потроху, потиху, Дивися на небо, на птаха, Торкнися ногами підлоги, А краще землі чи каміння, Себе міцно стисни в обіймах, Якщо раптом поряд нікого. Послухай, кому ще не… Read more »
“Living under Genocide” by Veronika Voloshyna
Throughout my life, I have read and studied a lot about World War II and the Holocaust. “The Diary of a Young Girl” by Anne Frank. Elie Wiesel’s “Night”. BBC film “God on Trial”. Ben Elton’s Two Brothers. Reading or watching or visiting the museum “Jewish Memory and Holocaust in Ukraine” in Dnipro, my hometown,… Read more »
Jesus Revolution
I watched two movies on a recent trip on an airplane, coming and going. The first was “Just Mercy,” which I’ll address in the next blog. The other was “Jesus Revolution.” “Jesus Revolution” is about the spiritual revival that took place among the hippies beginning in California but moving across the United States. The movie… Read more »
The Holy Spirit as Co-Facilitator
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 »