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To Wake Up and Work

January 17, 2017 No Comments

On this, the eve of the inauguration of a new president, I am reminded the Scriptures which say that the only sin which is unforgivable is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. The words are recorded both in Matthew 12 and Mark 3. The Marcan version reads, from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible: Truly, I tell you, people

National Day of Healing

January 16, 2017 No Comments

Dear Friends: Today marks the beginning of a year in which individuals and organizations will concentrate on bringing about racial healing and transformation, work that is being engaged in even now as this nation struggles with her issues. The so-called “National Day of Healing” was conceived by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, which recently held a Truth, Reconciliation and Racial Healing

National Day of Healing

January 16, 2017 No Comments

Dear Friends: Today marks the beginning of a year in which individuals and organizations will concentrate on bringing about racial healing and transformation, work that is being engaged in even now as this nation struggles with her issues. The so-called “National Day of Healing” was conceived by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, which recently held a Truth, Reconciliation and Racial Healing

IFOR and the Nagaland Peace Mission

January 15, 2017 No Comments

Entrance to Nagaland In a recent book on peacebuilding, Thania Paffenholz sets out functions that Non-governmental Organizations can carry out in situations of violent conflict: protection, monitoring, advocacy, public communication, in-group socialization, social cohesion, intermediation, facilitation, and service delivery. (1) In practice some of these functions overlap, or more than one can be carried out at the same time by

IFOR and the Nagaland Peace Mission

January 15, 2017 No Comments

Entrance to Nagaland In a recent book on peacebuilding, Thania Paffenholz sets out functions that Non-governmental Organizations can carry out in situations of violent conflict: protection, monitoring, advocacy, public communication, in-group socialization, social cohesion, intermediation, facilitation, and service delivery. (1) In practice some of these functions overlap, or more than one can be carried out at the same time by

Ferguson Clergy March cred Heather Wilson

Let Peace Break Through All Obstacles In 2017

January 12, 2017 No Comments

Greetings! THANK YOU! You received what may have seemed like a deluge of messages from FOR in the last month as we attempted to meet our year end goals. And you responded. Thanks to your generosity, December support for the work of the Fellowship of Reconciliation nearly doubled over the same month last year. I believe that your response was so