Blog Archives: culture of peace

As the Church year moves from Easter into Pentecost, this Sunday we will remember again the story in Acts 2 of the Holy Spirit moving over the apostles in Jerusalem,…

World War I was called the “war to end all wars” when Armistice Day was first proclaimed on November 11, 1918. The U. S. Congress created Armistice Day to commemorate…

A hopeful development happening right now is the Poor People’s Campaign, co-launched on May 14, 2018 by Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis and Rev. William J. Barber II, the architect of…

What if all the religions of the world devoted one day a year to prayers and visible actions to promote the well-being of children? It would make an enormous difference for peace, and send a potent message worldwide.

The grand jury has decided to not charge the police officer who shot and killed an unarmed teen in the Ferguson suburb of St. Louis three months ago. The decision…

What do you think could happen if churches everywhere prayed and acted together to nurture lasting peace? . . . among individuals, families, communities and societies? Well, that opportunity is…

  “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.” Proverbs 25:11 (NRSV)  King Solomon, author of Proverbs, wanted his people to “be understanding, just…

Are you “giving anything up” for Lent this year?  A group of Christian peacemakers in California took action in an Ash Wednesday civil disobedience to urge the U.S. to give…

by MDC Synod Communications on Mar 11, 2013 “Every faithful caregiver who sits with victims of violence knows what we know – as God’s church, we are called to reduce…