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 [...]
I’m passing this along from a former Shalom House Guidance Team member, Randy Nyce:
There is an interesting cultural and generational debate. I found this response by a young Anabaptist working for peace to be very interesting. He responds to an article by a former hippie-type Mennonite who mocks “peacenjustice” as if it was a failed [...]
Do not mistreat an alien or oppress him for you were aliens in Egypt. – Exodus 22:21
In 2004, I traveled to the U.S. Mexico border in Arizona with Christian Peacemaker Teams. I went to see first-hand the migration of people from Central and South America [...]