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Reimagining Peace: From Peacebuilding to the Common Good
The following is a reflection by Bryan Carey, building on a conversation with Bishop Zac Niringiye. Bishop Zac is a Ugandan theologian and retired Anglican bishop whose decades of ministry, theological leadership, and public advocacy have made him a respected global voice on faith, justice, and the church’s public witness. His work challenges the church to embody the gospel through justice, humility, and solidarity rather than power and control.
What’s Going on with ‘Bad Guys’?
The good guys. The bad guys. I grew up believing there were good guys and bad guys. Indeed, many movies and stories supported the idea. But who were these ‘bad’ people? Why were they ‘bad’? What motivated them? And where did those motivating desires come from?
San Diego Mosque Shooting
The Islamic Center of San Diego has long been more than a mosque to me, many of us at Peace Catalyst and the whole community. It has been a place of friendship, learning, hospitality, and our shared work for peace. Imam Taha and the community there have welcomed us for years as partners in interfaith dialogue, justice, and care for our city. For me personally, it is a place tied to close relationships and memories that have shaped my understanding of love, faith, and neighborliness.
Faithful Peacebuilding: Why Peacebuilding Work Is the Gospel in Action
At first glance, the work of Peace Catalyst International can seem puzzling. We build friendships across divides, step into difficult conflicts, critique the church’s entanglements with power, and insist that following Jesus means engaging in the messy, public, political work of peacebuilding. Some Christians look at this and wonder, “Why so much self-criticism? Doesn’t that just tear down the church?”, “Isn’t this getting too political? Shouldn’t the church focus on spiritual things?”, “And most importantly: how does this kind of peacebuilding relate to evangelism and the gospel?” In what follows, I want to walk through these questions—not to dismiss them, but to show why they are exactly the kinds of questions the gospel compels us to wrestle with.
WATCH Reviving the Golden Rule: Just Peace, Neighbor Love, and the End of Othering with Andrew DeCort
How can Christ’s teaching of neighbor-love — when taken seriously — offer a path toward a just, flourishing, and reconciled future? Watch our conversation with author and peacemaker Andrew DeCort to discuss his book, Reviving the Golden Rule: How the Ancient Ethic of Neighbor Love Can Heal the World. We explore the roots of this ancient yet essential teaching, reflect on examples of how Christians have lived this out in powerful ways, and discuss how Christians today can meaningfully model neighbor-love in our relationships, communities, and politics.
WATCH Sin, Healing, and the Peace of God: A Theological Workshop on Sin and Peacebuilding
What if our view of sin is far too small? And what if it also misses the depth of Jesus’s confrontation with evil and his invitation to healing? Watch this conversation to explore how the Bible speaks about sin - not as personal wrongdoing, but also as something that entangles individuals and societies in patterns of harm… and how this all leads us to Christian peacebuilding.
Everyday Peace Through Simple Stories
I hope these short and simple journal entries can help you better understand or better communicate to other audiences the mission of peacebuilding while offering a glimpse into PCI’s work in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
When There is No Hollywood Ending
I’ve been thinking about the Western craving for what I sometimes call a Disneyland ending—a curated, comforting wrap-up to hard stories. I'm in one of these moments. Bear with me as I try to unpack what it feels like when people abandon the ones we care about—or the work we do to stand alongside them.
Deconstruction and Peacebuilding
“Deconstruction” has become a bit of a buzzword in Christian circles, but it is in fact not an exclusively “Christian” phenomenon. Deconstruction is a very normal and natural process of unlearning and relearning, which all people all over the world experience at one time or another to various degrees throughout their lives. It is a natural part of human development. As peacebuilders and as Christians, we should embrace this process as an opportunity to mature.