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Sparking Peace Book Launch & Live Blacksmith Demonstration
Join other misfits and friends for a Children’s Book Launch event for Sparking Peace by Teresa Kim Pecinovsky & Hannah Rose Martin and a Live RAWtools Blacksmith Demonstration! Sparking Peace provides a springboard for those seeking to discuss gun violence and trauma with children in a safe way that highlights help rather than harm. This picture book helps children learn about conflict while also carefully addressing gun violence and peacemaking.” RAWtools is an organization committed to proliferating peacemaking. We are…
Election Resources 2022 Midterms
The 2022 Midterm Elections are Tuesday. Here are some helpful resources: MPR News Voter Guide Ally Tour w/ Pastor Osheta, Lisa Sharon Harper, Christena Cleveland, and others PAX – #VoteForPAX Global Immerse podcast – Everyday Peacemaking – Peace & Politics
Epiphany and the January 6th Insurrection
Today is Epiphany and one year since terrorists stormed the U.S. Capital building, threatening elected officials and injuring dozens of officers. What does Epiphany have to do with the Insurrection? In the season of Epiphany, Christians celebrate the spread of the Light—the life and revelation of Jesus Christ—to all “nations” (people groups) of the world. The Magi from the East represent the launch of this expanded mission. But some have confused this Light for a doctrine or system of beliefs.…
Breaking the Chains: A Lenten Journey
The Book of Common Prayer introduces Lent this way: Dear People of God: The first Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord’s passion and resurrection, and it became the custom of the Church to prepare for them by a season of penitence and fasting. This season of Lent provided a time in which converts to the faith were prepared for Holy Baptism. It was also a time when those who, because of notorious sins, had been separated…