Category: Jesus’ Way

• What is your image of “peace”?

  

  Reflections on peace during this second week of advent. #Peace #Advent #PowerWith #Christian #Meditation

  Jennie

  December 12, 2024

  Jennie’s Posts, Jesus’ Way

  Advent, bible, faith, god, Jesus, Meditation, Peace

• Where Do We Go From Here? Following Jesus as Peacemakers after the US Election

  

  In the run-up to the 2024 U.S. election, both parties described the other as a threat to democracy and the potential end of America, and the whole election was fueled by “othering.” So, after this ultra-polarizing event, where do we go from here?

  Jennie

  December 7, 2024

  Jesus’ Way, Peace Catalyst International, Peacebuilders, Video

  Beatitudes, election, Harris, Jesus, Othering, polarization, politics, Trump

• Meditations on Election Day

  

  Cross-posting these words from Bob Ekblad, biblical meditations for Christians on the United States’ election day. #Election #Meditation #Christian #President #Trump #Harris #Jesus

  Jennie

  November 5, 2024

  Bob Ekblad, Church, Cross-Posts, Jesus’ Way, Nationalism, Trauma Healing, USA

  election, Harris, Jesus, President, Trump, United States

• Radical Humility

  

  Bob Ekblad and Philemon of Gaza invite Christians to meditate upon the humility of Jesus in light of the United States’ current political environment.

  Jennie

  November 2, 2024

  Bob Ekblad, Cross-Posts, Jesus’ Way, USA

  election, Harris, humility, Jesus, Philemon of Gaza, political movement, politics, religious movement, Trump, United States

• Americans, we have a choice.

  

  This is not a drill. Some of my thoughts on ‘the enemy within’ and the choice America faces.

  Jennie

  November 1, 2024

  Jennie’s Posts, Jesus’ Way, Militarism, Nonviolence, USA

  Christian, election, enemy within, Harris, Imago Dei, love, Military, Nonviolence, prayer, Scapegoat, Trump, United States, violence

• Jesus’ Response to Violence

  

  Jesus’ encounter with Judas and his healing of the Jewish High Priest’s servant at his arrest offer a life-giving alternative to the warring factions in the Middle East, Christian supporters of the State of Israel now, and partisan hatred as the US moves towards its presidential election. Cross-post from Bob Ekblad.

  Jennie

  October 31, 2024

  Bob Ekblad, Cross-Posts, Israel-Palestine, Jesus’ Way, Nationalism, USA

  betrayal, bible, christianity, Harris, Israel, Jesus, judas, Trump, US Election, USA, violence, war

• Peace and Reconciliation as Mission in a World in Conflict: A Christian perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

  

  In this article, Rula Khoury Mansour outlines a path toward reconciliation, highlighting four key principles to guide Israelis and Palestinians alike towards a shared vision of peace amidst the ongoing century-long conflict.

  Jennie

  September 24, 2024

  Cross-Posts, Israel-Palestine, Jesus’ Way, Reconciliation, Trauma Healing, Video

  Christian Ethics, Christian Peacebuilding, forgiveness, healing, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Justice, Lausanne, Lausanne 2024, Lausanne 4, Miroslav Volf, Nazareth Center for Peace Studies, Palestine, Palestinian Christian, Palestinian Israeli, Peace, Peace Studies, Peacebuilders, Reconciliation, Reconciliation Theology, Rula Khoury Mansour, Salaam, Shalom, theology, Tikkun Olam, truth, Truth-telling

• Peacebuilding from the Margins: Insights from Palestinian Christians

  

  In June, Saleem Anfous joined the Christian Peacebuilding Network monthly meeting. As a Palestinian Christian and project manager for the peacebuilding organization Musalaha, he came to share about the challenges and opportunities of peacebuilding from the margins. Read more and watch his talk through the link below.

  Jennie

  August 13, 2024

  Christian Peacebuilding Network, Israel-Palestine, Jennie’s Posts, Jesus’ Way, Nonviolence

  Accra Confession, Breaking Cycles, Breaking Cycles of Violence, Breaking Free, Christian Peacebuilding, Christian Peacebuilding Network, Cycles of Violence, Empire, Israel, Musalaha, Nonviolence, Palestine, Palestinian Christians, Peace Catalyst, peacebuilding, Saleem Anfous, Transforming Conflict

• Out of Hegemony

  

  A piece where Jennie asks questions… What is hegemony? And why do we want it? And what does Jesus teach us?

  Jennie

  April 22, 2021

  Jennie’s Posts, Jesus’ Way, Poetry

  Domination System, Hegemony, Jesus, Jesus’ Way, Redemptive Violence

• Bearing Arms or Bared Arm? Jesus as God’s Response to Violence

  

  Bob Ekblad reflects on Jesus as God’s response to the world’s violence.

  Jennie

  February 10, 2015

  Bob Ekblad, Cross-Posts, Jesus’ Way

  Bob Ekblad, Charlie Hebdo, Christian response to violence, Christian thought, God’s response to violence, Isaiah 53, ISIS, Jesus, Jordan, retaliation, revenge, USA