Category: Conversation Starter

• On Taking the Lord’s Name in Vain

  

  As I learned today of Israel’s military attacks on Iran, I prayed for mercy and protection of lives. I should have also been praying for the Israeli soldiers and leaders who ordered the attacks. Then, my mind traveled back to an email I received last year. These are the thoughts that followed.

  Jennie

  June 13, 2025

  Church, Conflict Transformation, Conversation Starter, Dialogue, Israel-Palestine, Jennie’s Posts, Jesus’ Way, Militarism, Nationalism, Peace, Peacebuilders, Revolution of the Heart, USA, Weapons

• 20 Lessons on Tyranny

  

  Here’s a video featuring 20 lessons on tyranny by scholar Timothy Snyder. Watch it with a small group of family or friends- and then discuss it together.

  Jennie

  May 10, 2025

  Conversation Starter, Cross-Posts, Dialogue, Video, Waging Nonviolence

  Authoritarianism, Conversation Starters, discussion, Small Group, Timothy Snyder, Tyranny