The following are thoughts from Zack Jackson, our friend and fellow member of Circle of Hope, about the vigil on Good Friday.
A couple of years ago, in the front of my journal I wrote the words, “Jesus ate with the wrong people. Would Jesus have eaten with me?” Every time I open that journal before [...]
On Good Friday, Circle of Hope met with many other people from across the city to remember the death of Jesus, what it means for our lives in 2010, and to mourn the deaths of people in [...]
In this season of advent, of expectation, we at Shalom House are feeling the expectation of new community members. We are feeling the burden of the longing for Peacemaking efforts to be multiplied among us. Out of a house meeting several weeks ago, we decided a day of prayer and fasting would be appropriate. We [...]
Thursday night we had a full house. We had 12 visitors from Student Christian Movement Canada staying with us as they made their way to the gates of Fort Benning, GA for the annual vigil and protest around the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (School of Americas). Before turning in for the night, our [...]