Peace Work Update

Here is an overview of slide presentations and other peace work I have done or will do soon.

4/18 Southside Mennonite, Elkhart IN

4/19 Manchester College, IN International relations class

4/20 Midway Mennonite Church Colombiana, OH

4/26 Messiah College, PA Convocation

4/27 New Hope Church of the Brethren, WV

4/28 Church of the Brethren Rossville, IN

5/4 Knox College, Galesburg, IL with Peggy Gish on CPT Iraq. Peggy has given 7 presentations that I arranged in our area regarding CPT's work in Iraq.

5/8 Henry Christian church, IL

6/14 Princeton Rotary Club, IL

6/26 Unitarian Universalist Church in Bloomington, IL

6/29-7/3 Cornerstone Christian Music Festival, Bushnell, IL CPT booth.

8/24-8/28 Bureau County Fair, IL CPT booth

July Hannibal, MO talks pending

Christian Peacemaker Congress September 8-11, Indianapolis, IN “The courage to engage violence with nonviolence” Ecumenical and open to all peacemakers, Call 773-277-0253 for information.
Return to Colombia for 3 months mid September.
Pray that God and what He is doing would be exalted, and not me in all this peace work.

PS. I would welcome a time to share with your group or friends.

Comments

Hope in Iraq

Dear Friends, I have recently finished Peggy Gish’s book An Iraq Journey of Hope and Peace . It brought me to deep prayer at times, helping me to see US soldiers as human beings and breaking down some of my stereotypes of them. It also helped me experience the personal pain of Iraqis who are caught in the war as opposed to hearing statistics in the news. This was peacemaking taking place in my own heart and mind. Peggy’s honesty in sharing her own personal struggle and admitting her own mistakes is challenging to my own peacemaking. Another aspect of this book that was inspiring to me was that when CPTers in Iraq realized they were making a mistake in midst of sharing with Iraqis, they were able at times to change right then and there. This is clear evidence of the Spirit at work. It also gave me a sense of how God was able to use the seemingly small amount of people, just six or so, to make a significant difference for the good in this horrible situation. I am adding to this messag...

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