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Schools of Christian Mission are taking place across the country this summer to study The Journey: Forgiveness, Restorative Justice and Reconciliation. Find out where a school is taking place near you. The schools are open to everyone.

During the summer months of Schools of Christian Mission until International Day of Peace on September 21, you are invited to participate in Prayers and Actions for Peace as an expression of reconciliation.

The 2011 Evans Lectureship “Re-visioning Justice” Revisioning Justice, the Second Evans Lectureship, will be held at Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center in western North Carolina on Friday, September 30 and Saturday, October 1, 2011. Professor Howard Zehr, of Eastern Mennonite University, will be speaking and leading workshops on issues of restorative justice, criminal justice [...]

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.

“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

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 [...]

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.

Despite initial unease, members of Heartsong United Methodist Church in Cordova, have embraced their new neighbors: “What would Jesus do if he were us? He would welcome the neighbor.”

Alarmed by the rising tide of Islamophobia and resulting backlash against the Muslim community taking place across the United States as well as in other parts of the world, the United Religions Initiative (URI) were compelled to take action.

In this short video, Tom Porter gives a summary of Matthew 18, a Gospel that is a book of instruction to the early church. Here is where the scripture puts flesh and blood on the bones of the Great Commandment and on our calling to be reconcilers.