Posts Tagged ‘non-violence’

King explains that while he opposes violent tension, he believes there is “a type of constructive, nonviolent tension… the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will help men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to the majestic heights of understanding and brotherhood.

The model for peacemaking comes from deep, spiritual theory of compassion and love. Learn more in this slideshow. Far from being easy, simple, or cowardly, waging peace requires insight, courage, and compassion.

Rev. Dr. John M. Swomley, a United Methodist minister and pacifist Christian, died this week. Swomley was the Executive Secretary of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, president of the Methodist Peace Fellowship, and helped influence Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “pilgrimage to nonviolence.”

The Paradise Center for Tolerance and Nonviolence is a grassroots organizations dedicated to honoring and protecting differences, resolving conflicts peacefully, and advocating for a safe hospitable, and harmonious community for all. The organization was recently awarded a $500 Peace with Justice Grant from the California-Nevada Annual Conference. The grant will be used in the Center’s [...]

Yet in the midst of darkness, there had been a great light. There had been a moment when the dirty, smelly men at the bottom of the war machine had grasped the vision of the Christmas message and pointed the world toward that light. Even though the truce ended, they are still our guides toward a peaceful world.

Article by Richard Deats, a UM minister who taught social ethics at Union Theological Seminary in the Philippines and was associated with Fellowship of Reconciliation, discussing the spread of active nonviolence.

Video from civil rights pioneer and Vanderbilt University Distinguished Visiting Professor James Lawson’s Fall 2007 class, “The Non-Violence Struggle.

A resource for families compiled by the National Council of Churches, designed to engage families in conversations and activities that will nurture lifestyles of peace and nonviolence

Rose and Haven Whiteside, a United Methodist couple, joins the Christian Peacemaker Team on a trip to Iraq to engage in non-violent peacemaking. From the Florida United Methodist News Service (March 2004).