The Monthly Peace
TGIP Alumni Stories
Meghan Good is a pastor and leader in the Mennonite Church USA. She wrote about her most recent experience on the Israel/Palestine Learning Lab here.
"The great enemy of peace is not hatred or conflict; the great enemy of peace is fear. The essential first step toward peace, I’ve become convinced, is an act of purposeful defiance. The path to peace starts with each of us staring honestly into our fears, stripping them naked, and exposing them to the light of Reality."
Upcoming TGIP Events
Jon and Jer, TGIP co-founders, will be in Colorado for the Simply Jesus Gathering this summer from July 28-31. While there, they will be leading The Everyday Peacemaking Track, designed to practically shift peacemaking from esoteric theory to embodied reality, and equipping participants to humbly and courageously enter the pain of conflict with the tools to transform. Join us there! Find out more about Simply Jesus and register here.
Recommended Resources:
1) READ: Reconcile: Conflict Transformation for Ordinary Christians (John Paul Lederach). TGIP’s Jon Huckins and Jer Swigart contributed to the development of the Study Guide for this book, a must-have resource on the bookshelf of Everyday Peacemakers.
2) LISTEN: Jer Swigart talks Jesus, adventure, intentional displacement, lament, celebration, peacemaking, and The Global Immersion Project on Steve Wiens’ podcast The Good Word.
Meet Alejandra, Everyday Peacemaker.
Alejandra Ortiz is the Northwest Mexico regional director for Compa, a community of student movements and Mexican professionals whose vision is to see a university, society, and church transformed by the Gospel, through students who are living their faith with integrity, and proclaiming God’s Word in their midst. Alejandra is a bold and passionate peacemaker, and a dear friend of TGIP. She and her husband, Abdiel, live in Tijuana, where she is one of TGIP’s on-the-ground leaders for our Immigrants’ Journey Learning Lab.
News from Around the World
- Black Lives Matter and Racial Tension in America - This article captures recent research showing that evangelicals are almost twice as likely than the general population to agree strongly that “racism is mostly a problem of the past, not the present.” And yet, three-quarters of Americans agree “Christian churches play an important role in racial reconciliation.” How can we, as Everyday Peacemakers, bridge this divide and mobilize the church as a catalyst for reconciliation? "History—and Jesus’ example—has shown that reconciliation comes from stepping out of our place of comfort and actively pursuing healing for those in need. We must do the same, if we really believe all lives matter."
- A Conversation with Morgan Freeman in the Holy Land - While on the Sea of Galilee with our last Israel-Palestine Learning Lab, TGIP Co-Founder, Jon Huckins, had the unique opportunity to interview Morgan Freeman and discuss Jewish, Christian and Muslim understandings of God and how that impacts our shared call to neighbor love.
SEE - Our perceptions about people and cultures are often shaped by a single story, resulting in a narrow lens that hinders us from truly seeing.
In her powerful TedTalk Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie invites us to move beyond a single story, where we begin to SEE the humanity, dignity, and image of God in others.
Meet TGIP co-founder, Jer Swigart.
Jer has been working in the field of peacemaking and conflict transformation since 2005. He co-founded The Global Immersion Project in an effort to form men and women into Everyday Peacemakers who are equipped and mobilized to reach across boundaries and seek human flourishing. Jer completed his undergrad work at The University of Northwestern-St. Paul and his M.Div. at Fuller Theological Seminary where he focused his studies on innovative leadership in peace and reconciliation and was the recipient of the prestigious David Allen Hubbard Award. He currently resides in Bend, OR with his family and writes at jerswigart.com.
Our mailing address is:
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San Diego, California 92102, United States
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