Posts in the ‘Pathways Blog’ Category

Relationships matter. Restorative justice reminds us of this web of relationships and suggests principles and practices to create and restore healthy relationships.

Fambul Tok tells the story of healing in post-conflict Sierra Leone through the intimate stories of perpetrators and victims coming together for the first time in an unprecedented program of tradition-based truth-telling and forgiveness ceremonies.

The 2011 School of Christian Mission book is now available for purchase at the United Methodist Women’s online store. Written by Stephanie Hixon and Thomas Porter of JustPeace, the study shows us the redemptive power of forgiveness: forgiveness for the victim, the perpetrator, and the entire community.

William J. Everett reflects on this year’s JustPeace Annual Gathering that took place earlier this month (March 6th-8th). The Gathering took place in Jackson, Mississippi to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides and focused on racial reconciliation.

Instead of “giving up” something for Lent, Joan Fallon (the Communications Director of the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies) is “taking on” something – peace! In what ways can we follow her lead and live as peacemakers this Lenten season?

The Institute of Peace Leadership and Governance (IPLG) at Africa University is advertising two lectureships in graduate studies related to human rights, leadership and governance. The IPLG seeks to contribute to a culture of peace, good governance, security and socio-economic development in Africa through research, teaching, networking and community-level action.

JustPeace hosts its 11th Annual Gathering in Jackson, Mississippi next week (3/6-3/8). The event, “Journey Toward the Light”, will commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Rides and engage narratives and processes around racial reconciliation.

The World Council of Churches is hosting an international exhibition of textiles, arpilleras and quilts from 16 February to 18 March at its Geneva headquarters. An arpillera is an appliqué collage from Latin America that depicts facets of the artist’s land and culture.

As we explore the ongoing struggle of racial reconciliation in our time, we can lift up exemplars like James Farmer whose life teaches us that the work of peacemaking and reconciliation can take a lifetime of struggle.

“Where there is strength, where there is safety, where there is patience, where there is healing love, we do know and believe that miraculous things continue to happen through a church that will be continually transformed.” – Bishop Hope Morgan Ward