Practicing Peacemaking
Publication Date
11-5-2014
Publication
A Foundation for Theological Edication
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Biblical injunctions to be “peacemakers” (Matt 5:9) and “ambassadors for Christ” to whom “the message of reconciliation” has been entrusted (2 Cor 5:19-20) sit uneasily with events happening in the world. As I write this reflection, words like Ferguson, Islamic State, Gaza, and Ukraine-Russia dominate the news and haunt water-cooler conversations.
Other forms of brokenness, no less horrifying or real, lurk in the shadows: domestic violence, estranged families, school shootings, massacres of Christians in Iraq, and the all-too-common conflicts that divide people from each another in relationships, workplaces, communities, and in polarized politics across our land.
Recommended Citation
Jones, Gregory, "Practicing Peacemaking" (2014). Public Intellectual Writing. 48.
https://repository.belmont.edu/gregoryjones_public/48
