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Beautiful Orthodoxy: Goodness, Truth and Beauty in a World Gone Mad
Mark Galli, Editor and Chief of Christianity Today, has done the world a great favor by writing Beautiful Orthodoxy: The Goodness, Truth, and Beauty of Life in Christ. This book is a breath of fresh air in a polluted, polarized world.
Supreme Court Decides on Trump Travel Ban: What You Can Do
On Monday (June 26th), the Supreme Court issued a decision regarding President Trump's "travel ban," which went into effect yesterday evening. Here's what you need to know and what you can do.
What Friendship Between Christians and Muslims Looks Like in Real Life
Here at Peace Catalyst we say, “Friendship is the fruit of peacemaking.”Here are a few pairs of friends who represent just the kind of friendship we work toward. Enjoy their stories and keep your eyes open in your own life for friendship opportunities like these!
Ramadan and What It's Really About
It’s that time of the year! The time when people express immense curiosity in my eating habits. I get asked questions like, “Why aren’t you eating or drinking? Don’t you even drink water? No water at all? Do you get enough nutrients?” In this blog I want to answer some of these questions and cover some of the important facts and practices of the holy month. My name is Afnan, and as a recent graduate of Ohio State University, this will be my fourth Ramadan in the United States.
Sharia: Rumors and Realities
There’s been an anti-Sharia movement afoot in a good twenty US state legislatures starting in the late 2000s. The idea is to ban any reference to Sharia in US courts, because allegedly Islamic law is the toxic spearhead of Islam’s totalitarian ideology that aims to take over the world. According to this view, Sharia represents the greatest threat to the United States since the Cold War.
Ramadan and How You Can Participate
Peace Catalyst exists to ignite local movements of Christians and Muslims (and others!) living together in peace and working together towards peace. To this end, our Muslim friends have graciously invited us to join them in fasting, praying, and eating together during one of their most holy times - Ramadan.
Training Peacemakers in One of the Worst Conflict Zones in the World
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has lasted for 60+ years and has included eight wars, a series of armed conflicts, and a military occupation of Palestinians. And yet, peacemaking is happening in the very midst of it. Here's what's going on in Bethlehem.
Shopping at Target and a Lesson in Peacemaking
Last week I went to an great place called the Global Mall. It’s like the Somali version of Target. Walking into the Mall it looks like it’s going to be one big store (like Target) but it’s not: It’s dozens of stores, set up like stalls in a market. There are gorgeous, ornate dresses lining the walls and hanging twelve feet up and middle-eastern style super-sectional couches with tassels on them. The cafe inside serves amazing tea, but in the mornings it’s filled with only women and in the evenings it’s filled with only men.
Peace Catalyst Connects with Somali Refugees in San Diego
Peace Catalyst works in cities and neighborhoods across the U.S. to promote understanding and peace between Christians and Muslims, and one of our most recent events was a Peace Feast in San Diego.