Category: Jesus
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In Memory of David Hartsough (1940-2025)

After the March 22nd death of a beloved Quaker peace activist, sharing an episode of Nonviolence Radio where he explained his journey and commitment to nonviolence.
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Online Christian Peacebuilding Small Group, 4/12~5/17

This small group is designed for everyday Christians and Christian leaders curious about how their faith and lives could be shaped into becoming a remedy to the chaos and pain of our world. We hope it kickstarts a lifelong process of becoming instruments of peace.
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Nobel Laureate begins a 40-Day Fast for Peace for Children

Mairead Maguire has begun a 40-day fast for peace in Gaza and for the children of the world. She is 81 years old. Read why she’s fasting and choose a day to fast with her. #Gaza #FastForPeace #Shalom #Salaam #PaxChristi #MaireadMaguire #PublicFast #Solidarity #PeacePeople #Palestine #Israel #NobelPeacePrize #SolidarityWithPalestine #FastAndPray
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Nonviolent Lynchburg, Peace Vigils 4/1 & 4/5

Cross-posting the following video lecture of John Dear, about making our lives fit into the life of Jesus. Includes exciting announcements about peace vigils this week in Lynchburg, Virginia.
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Deal With Your Heart First

“For a party that calls themselves Christian, they’re doing a dreadful job of imitating Christ. What are we to do?” — a Hartford Catholic Worker commits to the Revolution of the Heart.
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Catholic Worker Report on the 2025 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast

Catholic Worker, Martha Hennessy, reports back after attending the 2025 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington D.C., where J.D. Vance was the guest of honor. “The Catholic Prayer Breakfast appeared, in short, a lobbying arm that advocates for an uneven application of Catholic social and moral teachings to public life.”
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Growing Young Peacemakers: The Why and How of Youth Peace Education

Webinar where Peter Digitale Anderson, Julie Lillie, and Moses Abolade talk about training young peacebuilders across the world. They reflect on the experiences and values that guide their work, effective approaches they’ve found, and stories of change they’ve seen in their work.
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Biblical Wonderings as America Falls Apart

Sharing a blog post by Bob Ekblad, an American friend of mine who loves people, studies diligently, takes the Bible very seriously, and embodies his theology in liberating pastoral ministry in his community. I think his concerns are worth a read by American Christians who take the Bible seriously.
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The Church and Nonviolence

Walter Wink gives tangible examples of how nonviolence has worked in personal, community, institutional, and national practice and challenges Christians and Church leadership to make training in Jesus’ nonviolent way central to Christian formation and life.
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MLK on Where We Go From Here

Cross-posting this excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr’s 1967 speech at the 10th annual session of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
