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The Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding initiative of Emory University seeks submissions of presentations for its International Conference on Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding to be held at Emory University’s Emory Conference Center Hotel on June 17-19, 2011.

UMNS: One hundred Nigerian Muslims and Christians came in peace to Taraba, where they sought ways not only to coexist but also to work together to improve the lives of their beleaguered fellow citizens of all faiths.

Lyrics: Tears are falling, hearts are breaking How we need to hear from God You’ve been promised, we’ve been waiting Welcome Holy Child Welcome Holy Child Hope that you don’t mind our manger How I wish we would have known But long-awaited Holy Stranger Make Yourself at home Please make Yourself at home Bring Your [...]

Bishop Hee-Soo Jung offers a reflection about Advent, peace and the conflict between North and South Korea for the General Board of Church and Society’s Faith in Action. In addition to being the bishop of the Northern Illinois Conference, Bishop Jung is also the Vice President of the JustPeace Board of Directors.

Ted Talks posted a great video of William Ury’s talk – The Walk from ‘no’ to ‘yes’. If you are interested in conflict and mediation, this 18 minute video is well worth your time.

Click to watch a video of Gil Rendle’s keynote address of the JustPeace 10th Anniversary Celebration. Gil Rendle serves as Senior Consult with The Institute for Clergy and Congregational Excellence of The Texas Methodist Foundation.

To mark this important anniversary, JustPeace gathered together its board of directors and some of the key people who have been part of the life of JustPeace since its inception in 2000. We met at Boston University’s School of Law for two days of celebration, reflection and discernment.

JustPeace is celebrating our 10th Anniversary this weekend on the campus of Boston University. JustPeace board members, advisory board members, and other guests, are gathering for two days of fellowship, celebration of the past, and an envisioning of the future. More photos and videos of the event will be added soon.

“A youth pastor could be the most likely person they will trust. So we have to prepare them to be the trusted adult,” Aftab said. “They need to understand cyberbullying and sexting. They need to understand how the technology works and how it’s abused. You have a precious few minutes to do it right, and if you do it wrong you’ll never hear from them again.”

Summer Grove United Methodist Church hosted a four-person panel of professional experts and high school students to shed light on hassling at school or online. After the talk, the group lit candles to honor and memorialize bullies’ victims.