I’ve been thinking a little bit about the scope of things recently. The question of large-scale or small-scale, macro or micro, individual or systemic change has been a continual one for me over the past several years. The tide has ebbed and flowed. My heart-strings are tugged on by the individual and the specific, and [...]
So many good things happened on Monday night at the Shalom House festival. If you missed it, we’ll relive some of it here on the blog.
With our theme of Peacemaking as Vocation, our friend and fellow church community member, Mary Ward-Bucher candidly and humorously shared with us “My Peacemaking Story (So far).”
We gave out our [...]
As I took the stand last May to testify in court as to why I refused to leave a gun store which sold guns to straw purchasers, I said “Good afternoon, your Honor. My name is Miriam Copp. I am a Christian Peacemaker by vocation.” That was the first time I said out loud that [...]
The Shalom House Festival. This is only the second one we’ve done, and so for many of you, you may be saying: What the heck is it? The festival is generally a venue for the community members and guidance team of Shalom House to share what we’ve been up to, where we’re headed, and to [...]