This went out in the last newsletter from Peace Witness – Called to Witness – but I thought I would post it here, too. It feels to me like a good reminder of why Annual Conference is such an important time for us as Brethren. Who are we, when we gather together? What message do
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Camp Woodland Altars
When I think “altar,” I think a table of stones, or table at the front of a church building holding flowers (and sometimes communion). I think offering plates, lilies, white drip-less candles, and flowing colored cloth: something to help your attention stay fixed on God. Besides the marker indicating that the land on which we
National Junior High Conference
Piece by Piece: Finding Our Place within God’s Story Traveling as a team always brings fun challenges into the mix when it comes to luggage. Hands down, our greatest challenge to date came on our journey to National Junior High Conference. Piece by piece we packed, unpacked, and repacked an oh-so-snug trunk until all latches
Meet the 2011 Youth Peace Travel Team!
On Monday, we entered the lodge at Camp Inspiration Hills near Burbank, Ohio that would be our home for a week and it smelled like Pine-Sol. By Friday morning of our orientation, it didn’t smell like Pine-Sol anymore because we made it our home. We lived, ate, worked, slept, and prayed there. It become our
A Challenge for Us
Last night, we had a 2nd gathering of the Historic Peace Churches here in Kingston – to talk about what we had heard, what we were taking back, and what our next steps were as people following the Prince of Peace. There was lots of affirmation for our acceptance and large presence within this ecumenical
Unity for Peace Sake
This is a phrase I will be taking home from this place. I have heard it a couple of times, and then got into a couple of good conversations around it yesterday, as we considered the concept of peace among the peoples, and how that plays out in our global community of nations. For so
Household of God
Our theme for today is Peace Among the Peoples, and we once again started with bible study and worship. For bible study, we focused on Ephesians 2:11-22. Below are some excerpts: “For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is,
Peace in the Marketplace
“While refugees go homless and die before they live, while children have no future – our apathy forgive! Where hope fades to drperession, despair erodes the soul, restore in us a passion to make the broken whole.” – From Great God of Earth and Heaven Those words were part of a hymn we sang during
Dancing for Peace
I have to say, I was grabbed by the energy in this space – especially yesterday afternoon and evening. I attended two workshops – one was on the future of the global ecumenical peace conversation once we leave Jamaica. And, well, once the organizing structure of the Decade to Overcome Violence ends. Friends, we have
Peace With Creation
This one seems pretty straight forward at first glance – as the IEPC moves into its day that focuses on peace with all of God’s Creation, or peace with the earth. We need to care for the creation God has blessed us with, right? We need to be caretakers of the garden. But this gets