Will Obama’s Second Term Be Worth Dancing For? Revisiting the 2009 Cairo Speech
Editor’s Note: This column first appeared on the Institute of Middle East Studies blog (Will Obama’s Second Term Be Worth Dancing For? Revisiting the 2009 Cairo Speech) and is used here with...
View ArticleA Series of Tweets by David Gushee in Response to Newtown
The following series of Twitter posts offers many possible action-steps in response to the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School (and the many domestic acts of terror this year). Oh my God please no....
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Responding to 2012′s Tragedies after Sandy Hook
It is always the right time to talk about what is (or is not) working to promote life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And in so doing, it is important to take time to reflect, as soberly as we...
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Curbing the Out-of-Control Numbers of Gun Deaths in the US
By Glen H. Stassen Editor’s Note: This article is adapted from notes of his presentation to the Peace and Justice Advocates student group on January 15, 2013, at Fuller Theological Seminary in...
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The Medium is the Message
By Matt Lumpkin Editor’s Note: This post in its present form first appeared on the IMES blog (The Medium is the Message) and is used here with permission. This painting is about the deep unrest I feel...
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Report Card on President Obama’s Just Peacemaking Policy
Now after the first four years of Obama foreign policies, is it time for a report card from the perspective of just peacemaking practices? He has opened himself to such a report card by endorsing all...
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The Initiator Roundup: August 8, 2013
Reviewing this week’s offerings, I found myself quite thankful for the difference in time zones around the world that allowed my morning to start with some great, fresh stories. (In terms of “just...
View ArticleIf Gas is the Problem in Syria
“US Is Willing to Go Solo on Syria,” (LATimes Aug 30) says the U.S. government’s case for a punitive strike against Syria is having difficulty persuading allies due to the memory of false claims during...
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The Initiator Roundup: September 5, 2013
With all of the back-and-forth this week on the possibility of punitive strikes against Syria, I saw the just peacemaking paradigm put to use many times around the web – and invoked, even if not by...
View ArticleThere to be Destroyed
Syria’s chemical weapons are on their way out to sea, there to be destroyed. Near the climax of his State of the Union Address on January 28th, president Obama said, “American diplomacy, backed by the...
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