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“Growing Beyond Fear of COVID-19” by Philip Kakungulu

We have been blessed by the sharing this very important and timely tool from Ken Seidu our Nigerian Peace Warrior. I remember his courage in the Nairobi Training of Conflict Transformation Trainers of 2018.  Ken and a group of Peace Builders from Nigeria and the United Kingdom developed this tool about the different zones we… Read more »

“COVID-19: An African Perspective” by Lance Muteyo

Just like any other country the Covid 19 virus has negative lasting  impacts. Many people are living in fear, panic and uncertainty. Globally, information about the  virus is not crystal clear therefore feeding into uncertainty. As of this writing, Zimbabwe has 9 confirmed cases and 1 death.  The World Health Organization recommended lock-down is a… Read more »

“We’re Always Talking About Children” by Ray Schellinger

In February 2020 Ray Schellinger undertook a journey walking with Venezuelan refugees in Colombia.  He walked from Palmira to Mondomo, a journey of 100 kilometers, a small section of the 2,000 km trek many refugees take from Colombia and into Peru.  We are posting some of Ray’s FB posts from along the way. The resiliency… Read more »

“Faith in the face of COVID-19 Pandemic” by Philip Kakungulu

Faith – that quest for significance and security, both in the here and now and the hereafter, in transcendence – is intrinsic to being human. Even the most avowed atheists will acknowledge that deep within their sense of being, there is a hunger and thirst for relationship with something beyond them. The most obvious is… Read more »

“Playing in the Pain: Colombia” by Mylinda Baits

“ ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then… Read more »