One: Forgive, O loving God, the failure of your children that is represented in all war. In your loving mercy, forgive our failure to make peace with one another. Grant pardon to all who have contributed to war’s progress through ambition, belligerence, falsehood, suspicion, arrogance, animosity and terror.
All: [...]

In this series of five videos, Wink looks at Jesus’ teaching in Matthew five about turning the other cheek, going the extra mile, etc. He has some interesting comments on the King James Version of this text.

i have just had dinner with a friend
he told a story of a protest he was involved in, long ago, far away.
(actually it was America, in the 60’s)
it was a peaceful protest, until someone shouted at someone else for some reason
suddenly the street was full of riot police – hundreds of them appeared, as if [...]

The association of politics with weakness seems strange, in a world where politics is associated with the power of the state, and the activities of political parties. This brief, thought provoking book challenges that association. Living Gently in a Violent World: The Prophetic Witness of Weakness By Stanley Hauerwas and Jean Vanier IVP 2008 [...]

1. Blessed are those who are with the poor in spirit.
Amazing Grace is a 2007 film directed by Michael Apted about the campaign against the slave trade in 18th century Britain, led by famous abolitionist William Wilberforce, who was responsible for steering anti-slave trade legislation through the British parliament. The title is a reference to [...]

by Shane Claiborne 11-07-2008
God of Abraham, Miriam, Hannah, Rizpah, and David…
God of Elijah, Amos, Ruth, Isaiah, Deborah…
God of Mary, John the Baptizer, Peter, Paul, Philemon and Onesimus…
God of Anthony, Ambrose, Dirk Willems, Teresa of Avila, and Francis of
Assisi,
God of Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa, William
Wilberforce, and Oscar Romero
and God of love, grace, [...]

A video juxtaposing the affluence, but perceived hardship, of teens in Australia with the actual hardship of children all over the world

Recently in a group we asked the question of ourselves, “What difference does christianity make to how I live?”.  For me, this has a lot to do with questioning my values by using the life of Jesus for reflection.
Regarding wealth, the values I am often tempted to identify as being “christian values” are actually societal [...]

Plant a Seed of Peace uses the analogy of growing seeds into plants as a way of describing how our part in peace can start little like a seed and produce much. It has 43 easy-to-read stories of peacemakers who have made choices in their lives that have grown and spread in an infectious way. [...]

Months ago we posted a link to the new recording of “from little things big things grow”. It’s been reported worldwide – as this blog post from God’s Politics shows:
If you thought socially conscious music in the mainstream was a thing of the past, turn your ears to what Australia is listening to. A [...]

For 20 years, forgiveness has been studied scientifically. This video considers the psychological and physical effects of forgiveness and documents its power in situations as diverse as Ground Zero, Amish country and individual murders…There are no simple answers offered, but the clear message of the film is that forgiveness benefits the forgiver and can bring [...]

RS. (Bob) WHITE is Professor of English at the University of Western Australia.
Wars have been waged so continuously through human history that they are regarded as unavoidable, but the increasing destructiveness to civilians and the environment makes pacifism an urgent and viable alternative. Professor White’s latest book, Pacifism and English Literature: Minstrels of Peace, [...]