Blog 01 Jul 2022 Homo Homini Ubuntu WN: “Homo Homini Ubuntu” – Man is Ubuntu To Man – is title of the talk given on the wonderful… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Aug 2016 Eat Me: The Cannibalistic Origins of the State David Gornoski Friday, August 05, 2016 This an outstanding piece, especially in the writer's powerful juxtaposition of Jesus' invitation to… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Jul 2016 The Appalling Violence of the World’s Three Superpowers Thursday, 21 July 2016 00:00 By Lawrence S. Wittner, History News Network | Op-Ed an excerpt: This state-organized violence is… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Jun 2016 Preparing for the Next Memorial Day Wednesday, 01 June 2016 00:00 By Medea Benjamin, PINK Tank | Op-Ed an excerpt: The barbarism of targeting "suspects" by… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 May 2016 US Army Chaplain Resigns in Opposition to Use of Assassin Drones by the United States If only hundreds more U.S. army chaplains would do this! an excerpt: [US Army Reserve Chaplain Captain Christopher John] Antal… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 May 2016 In Washington, Why Is Militarism the Only Option? by Tom Engelhardt This is a brilliant, devastating piece that presents militarism in the United States as their current "drug… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 May 2016 Nonviolence and the Book of Revelation with an Annotated Bibliography by Paul Nuechterlein an excerpt: When I wrote the first draft of this page (May 2007), I was wondering if… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 May 2016 Re-Sacralizing Violence in the Left Behind Books by Paul Nuechterlein An excerpt: From the perspective of mimetic theory, the most serious problem with the Left Behind series… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 Apr 2016 World Social Forum, August 9 – 14, Montréal Canadian Friends of Sabeel, a pro-reconciliation entity encouraging justice and peace between Palestine and Israel, and part of a worldwide… Editor No Comments
Blog 14 Apr 2016 Neighbors in Rwanda: An Interview with Denise Uwimana Denise and her sons survived the [Rwandan] genocide against immense odds. Many of her relatives, though, were killed. So was… Editor No Comments
Blog 27 Apr 2015 Peacebuilders’ Toolbox: 52 Online Resources for Peace Work The following is a a "Peacebuilders' Toolbox" consisting in 52 online resources, produced by longstanding peace teachers connected to Canadian… Editor No Comments
Blog 03 Apr 2015 The Inside-Out Gospel By Rev. Michael F. Blevins, J.D., M.Div., LL.M. Executive Director of the NE Iowa Peace & Justice Center, Inc., Decorah,… Editor No Comments
Blog 29 Mar 2015 Boycott Chicken! This again a now-and-then piece. An excerpt: I told him of an organization in America that marched annually in a… Editor No Comments
Blog 20 Mar 2015 Canadian Federal Candidates Questions: June 2004 Two questions that never received a response during election year 2004 . . . Mr. Warawa, the Conservative Party of… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Mar 2015 Spirituality of Penal Abolition image above: goodreads.com WN: Ruth Morris, Canadian Quaker who won numerous humanitarian awards, invited me to present this paper at… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Mar 2015 Making Friends of Enemies: Father Elias Chacour WN: I love this story! Father Elias Chacour, a Palestinian Christian still very active today (and now Archbishop Chacour) in… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Mar 2015 Transformative Justice Vision and Spirituality: M2/W2 Association and The Criminal Justice System This paper was done in May 2002 for a presentation at a Correctional Service of Canada institution. I do not… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Mar 2015 ‘In the Middle:’ Biblical Reflections on Restorative Justice WN: Tom Yoder Neufeld presented this to the Mennonite Central Committee Canada Restorative Justice Network in Winnipeg in 2003. It… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Jan 2015 David Cayley of CBC Ideas for over 30 years Presents… WN: Greetings all. About 25 years ago, I wrote to David Cayley in response to a CBC Ideas series broadcast… Editor No Comments
Blog 17 May 2014 Chapter Sixty-Three In 2007 I first published Chrysalis Crucible, a coming-of-age novel about young Andy Norton who goes off to West Berlin… Editor No Comments
Blog 17 May 2014 Chapter Sixty-One In 2007 I first published Chrysalis Crucible, a coming-of-age novel about young Andy Norton who goes off to West Berlin… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 May 2014 Chapter Forty-Eight In 2007 I first published Chrysalis Crucible, a coming-of-age novel about young Andy Norton who goes off to West Berlin… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 May 2014 Chapter Forty-Five In 2007 I first published Chrysalis Crucible, a coming-of-age novel about young Andy Norton who goes off to West Berlin… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 May 2014 How To Save the World: Perennial Juxtaposition WN: Father Emmanuel Charles McCarthy has been a powerful voice for the Gospel of Peace over many decades. He recently… Editor No Comments
Blog 10 Mar 2014 Is There A Place For Dreaming? WN: The title was of a wonderful song by singer/songwriter, Ken Medema, from his album, “In the Dragon’s Jaws” (no… Editor No Comments
Blog 25 Feb 2014 Restorative Justice Vision and Spirituality Association for Reformed Political Action (ARPA) Presentation, Langley Canadian Reformed Church, March 5, 2005 WN: I was grateful to co-present… Editor No Comments
Blog 25 Feb 2014 Spirituality Evaluation of Restorative Justice Sixth International Conference on Restorative Justice, “Best Practices in Restorative Justice”, June 4, 2003 An excerpt: A few years ago,… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Feb 2014 The Spirituality of Penal Abolition ICOPA IX Presentation 2000 Noted Canadian Quaker activist and author Dr. Ruth Morris was the main organizer of the above… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Feb 2014 Creating New Hearts: Moving From Retributive to Restorative Justice New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference: A Pastoral Letter to the Catholic People of New Zealand Wednesday August 30, 1995 -… Editor No Comments
Blog 22 Feb 2014 A Brief Look At Restorative Justice NOTE: This was written several years ago to give a basic look at Restorative Justice. It has been slightly updated,… Editor No Comments
Blog 22 Feb 2014 Towards A New Paradigm of Justice WN: Contemporary Western Restorative Justice theory and practice were not first developed by Americans, though they have greatly contributed to… Editor No Comments