People throughout the world long for peace. Satisfying this longing, however, requires a change of heart that is out of reach for everyone apart from God’s grace.
The Family Meeting
The process of caring for aging parents can be a time that draws families closer together. Unfortunately, it usually becomes a time that tears them apart. Typically, the sister who lives near by feels she is sacrificing her life toRead more…
An Indian Perspective on Business as Mission – An East Asian Response
To facilitate a truly global conversation, we ask Christian leaders from around the world to respond to the Global Conversation’s lead articles. These points of view do not necessarily represent the Lausanne Movement. They are designed to stimulate discussion fromRead more…
Doing What’s Right
Did you ever get the feeling that honesty and integrity are things of the past? I admit it does seem that way at times.
Workplace Evangelism: Part 3
Conflict: Facing It & Comforting Co-Workers In the workplace, life happens and is lived out. Christians need to be Biblically prepared to address and minister to everyone as the issues of life bloom before us andRead more…
Hopes for the ‘Peace to the Nations’ discussions at the Cape Town Congress
Tomorrow, God willing, I will be on my way to Cape Town. I will be going fairly satisfied with the discussion on ethnicity in the Global Conversation. My one major regret is that the paper on ‘Healing the wounds ofRead more…
Crisis, Change and Conflict
In December 2008, Chip Zimmer, Peacemaker Ministries’ Vice President of International Ministries, was invited to give a keynote address for a pastors’ conference in Lima, Peru. The theme of the conference was “Empowered to Pastor in the Midst of the WorldRead more…
Christian Conflict; is success possible
I have read many of the conversations concerning pluralism, atheism, apologetics, unity, evangelism, etc and I am having trouble getting past the division among Christians much less the attacks from other theists or atheists. This conversation is more of aRead more…
Healing the Wounds of Ethnic Conflict
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Rhiannon Lloyd, Joseph Nyamutera and Anastase Sabamungu as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on “Peace to the Nations: Ethnicity in theRead more…
A Comment on “What to do when two people who love Jesus have two different points of view?”
This blog is a sympathetic response to Leslie Keeney’s “What to do when two people who love Jesus have two different points of view?” If it is true that they will know we are Jesus’ disciples by our love forRead more…