A handy (and bad) way to win an argument
I occasionally hear myself make this mistake in an argument: When I describe my own view, I describe an ideal, a vision for how we should think and live. But when I describe my opponent’s view, I describe how that view is lived out in real life.
A tangible longing for peace
The longing for peace is tangible in East Africa especially among the South Sudanese refugees, as they long for an end to the suffering and their return to a country of peace.
MCC partners in Ukraine work to meet physical and spiritual needs
In the silence that lived between the deadly warnings of air raid sirens, the sound of a small choir, singing a song of praise, echoed out of a church sanctuary in western Ukraine. Just the night before, Anna*, administrative coordinator for MCC Ukraine, had absent-mindedly hummed a few bars of the song during an evening tea break at the church.
The fun of peacemaking
Most of us don’t think of peacemaking as an endeavour we would call “fun.” It is hard, messy and difficult work. There is, however, a strategic element of peacemaking that includes an intentional focus on shared recreational activities.
We Are Called to Welcome All Refugees
A country at war pushes people to seek refuge, to migrate.