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FOR joins faith-based coalition in commemorating gun violence anniversaries

June 8, 2017 No Comments

This coming week, our nation will pause twice to remember a pair of tragic anniversaries. On June 12, we observe the one-year commemoration of the massacre in Orlando, Florida, during which more than 100 people were killed or seriously wounded. Five days later, on June 17, we will recall another horrific hate crime: the mass slaying of nine members of

The Root of War is Fear: Domine ut videam

June 7, 2017 No Comments

Fear has driven people so far into the confusion of mass-thinking that they no longer see anything except in a kind of dim dream. What a population of zombies we are! What can be expected of us?…Only love can exorcise fear which is the root of war. Thomas Merton Jim Forest. The Root of War is Fear (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis

For all that has been, thanks

May 26, 2017 No Comments

Today I share news that is exciting and saddening in equal measure. This week I have accepted the appointment by Bishop Minerva Carcaño to be Pastor of Epworth United Methodist Church in Berkeley, California, effective July 1, 2017. Epworth is a wonderful, justice-centered congregation, and includes several Fellowship of Reconciliation members. Though I am sad to be leaving the role

For all that has been, thanks

May 26, 2017 No Comments

Today I share news that is exciting and saddening in equal measure. This week I have accepted the appointment by Bishop Minerva Carcaño to be Pastor of Epworth United Methodist Church in Berkeley, California, effective July 1, 2017. Epworth is a wonderful, justice-centered congregation, and includes several Fellowship of Reconciliation members. Though I am sad to be leaving the role

A Call to Mobilize the Nation over the Next 18 Months

May 24, 2017 No Comments

While the media and the nation sit transfixed over the Trump scandals and attacks on democracy, those of us who work for justice and peace know that we have to keep working, resisting, and mobilizing people across the country if we are going to have the social, economic and political transformation we need for our survival. In other words, we’ve

Join June 6 webinar on Nonviolence Training Opportunities

May 24, 2017 No Comments

Join the Fellowship of Reconciliation and several ally groups for a live webinar and conversation with Sarah Thompson and Matt Guynn to learn more about the foundations of Kingian Nonviolence and how to put these practices into action when you see someone experiencing violence. Sarah Thompson is executive director of Christian Peacemaker Teams, an organization committed to transforming violence and oppression