Peacebuilders incorporate traditions From a coffee-drinking ritual to hugging Jerusalem, a network of grassroots peacebuilders employ common, ancient religious and cultural traditions to draw people of Abrahamic religions into their efforts to build peace in the Holy Land. While most media reports on the Middle East make peace seem impossible, Rabbi Eliyahu McLean and Sheikh Ghassan Manasra put their hope for peace into practical actions. more . . . . .

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“This is a time to stand up and make a statement,” is the theme the Martin Luther King, Jr., planning committee chose for 2012. “Render Unto Caesar: Reclaiming Our Prophetic Voice” is theme for the 2012 Eastern WA Legislative Conference, Saturday, Jan. 21 Hosting homeless families overnight in their church buildings through Family Promise changes attitudes of people in Spokane congregations Interfaith Hospitality Network in Spokane recently changed its name to Family Promise to reflect the national program’s name, Jeff Conroy, St. Vincent de Paul in Coeur d’Alene, draws agencies into collaboration through new project for warming shelter Julia Stronks teaches politics, law, gender and government at Whitworth in the framework of understanding what it means to do justice Editorial Just peace, prayer and common witness keep the church relevant from message of the Rev. Olav Fyske Tveit, World Council of Churches.

Jerusalem peacebuilders employ common, ancient religious traditions to draw people into their efforts to build peace in the Holy Land. Article Many Inland Northwest communities plan Martin Luther King, Jr., Day events - Yakima, Pullman, Coeur d'Alene, Ellensburg, Lewiston Kevin Finch, who created Big Table as a ministry of community and support for people who work in the restaurant industry, will speak Jan 18 Article Poet Michael Gurian’s oratorical poem on Eva Lassman will be read at Shabbat Shira—Sabbath of Song at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 3, at Temple Beth Shalom New labyrinth at Country Homes Christian Church is an active experience to give each walker a path on their journey toward spiritual growth. The first Community Toy Store, First Presbyterian Church, offered families an opportunity to purchase toys at 80 percent. Sounding Board Bishop Blase Cupich asks: ‘What does it mean to be Church today?’

 

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