Mending the Divides: Creative Love in a Conflicted World
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (503 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0830844848 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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The need for this fruit of the Spirit could hardly be more urgent." (Mark Labberton, president, Fuller Theological Seminary) . This book explains how and whybut even more, how and why they passionately want it to happen in the lives of any who are followers of Jesus. "Jesus' infectious peacemaking has taken hold of Jer Swigart and Jon Huckins. In a world of broken trust, hostile prejudice, religious violence, and pervasive fear, our world desperately needs God's people to be humble, courageous, and just peacemakers
After much international travel and study in the Middle East, Jon focuses much of his writing on ethics and social advocacy. He is the author of Teaching Through the Art of Storytelling and Thin Places: Six Postures for Creating and Practicing Missional. He helped start the local farmer’s market, sat on the neighborhood council, and finds much joy in participating in the econo
Conflict, hatred, and injustice seem to be the norm rather than the exception in our world, our nation, our communities, our homes. So peace is no longer understood as merely the absence of conflictpeace is when relationships once severed have been repaired and restored. Using biblical and current-day illustrations of everyday peacemakers, Mending the Divides equips disciples of Jesus to move toward conflict and seek the restoration of our relationships, our communities, and our world, offering practical steps to engage in the kingdom-building work of waging peace.. These modern-day peacemakers help us understand that because peacemaking is the mission of God, it should also be the vocation of his people. Th