By Ben Bear Being a volunteer through BVS can be a radically different experience from person to person. Some of us live in single apartments, plopped down in a city or town hundreds or thousands of miles from “home” and hit the ground running with their project. Others end up living in intentional communities where
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Navigating the Corridors of Power
by Paul Mundey, Pastor, Frederick Church of the Brethren ‘Potomac fever’ is intoxicating, very much alive in Washington, D.C. Frankly, I enjoy it, since my notion of a great time is surfing three channels of C-Span! And so, when an opportunity to attend the National Prayer Breakfast (NPB) materialized about 10 years ago, I grabbed
Enough for All
For decades in Washington, DC, there has been an event called the National Prayer Breakfast – where clergy, government officials, celebrities, and many other people of faith come together to share in a time of fellowship and prayer for the work that they do. However, there was a sense this year that there was an
Hourly Prayers for Peace
Brothers and sisters, my apologies for not getting these on the blog in a more timely manner. Below are the first set of hourly prayer updates on this International Day of Prayer for Peace. May the peace of Christ be with you. 8pm EST – As you close the day, pray that the peace that
What do we do now?
I want to start this by thanking so many of you – for your words of support, whether it be through comments on here, twitter, or facebook. This was an action I only took knowing the church was with me – from leadership in Elgin to local pastors in the Washington, DC area. And to
Why I got arrested
I got arrested today, as the Director of Peace Witness Ministries of the Church of the Brethren. And it was something that needed to happen. There is a long tradition of members of the Church of the Brethren participating in acts of civil disobedience – you could certainly say that the formation of our church
Why government spending matters
Brothers and sisters, I have spent a long time wrestling with how to phrase and post this blog – as the conversation in Washington, DC, has gotten more and more heated around issues of our debt and deficit, and around cutting spending and not increasing taxes to do so. Action alerts have been going out