Christians often think peacemaking work between religious groups requires setting the bar really low in terms of the results we hope for. “Peace” must just mean getting along at some basic level, being able to have nice conversations, and not offending people from other groups. But that’s not the case. So what is peacemaking really?

COVID-19 is upon us, but don’t let yourself be overcome by stress and anxiety. Here are some ways to deal with it in healthy, constructive ways and use it for positive transformation in yourself, your relationships, and your community.

Have you ever dropped a pebble in a calm pool of water and watched the ripples roll outward until the entire pool of water seemed to be pulsating with activity? That’s a good way to describe the peacemaking movement in Louisville. Read the story.

Are you fed up with hate speech, inflammatory rhetoric, and uncivil discourse in politics and social media? You can help change the angry, polarizing climate by becoming a force for peace!

Here are some practical ways to catalyze peace with wisdom. We call them the 4 R's of civil discourse.

Islam and Christianity are different religions, but in both faith traditions Miriam/Mary is a revered figure and someone around whom we can have important conversations. So who is Miriam in Islam and Mary in Christianity? And where is the common ground?

PCI peacemaker Bill Clark speaks at the Salt House, an innovative Lutheran church, and tells stories about his life and relationship with his WW2 veteran and POW father, and about his personal journey of forgiveness.

Rick Love, who passed away in the early hours of December 29, 2019. Rick spent the past decade building and leading Peace Catalyst into a global peacemaking organization that is impacting Christians and Muslims worldwide. We intend to honor him and the legacy he left by stewarding Peace Catalyst well into the future. The Board of Directors has appointed Martin Brooks as Interim President to guide us during this time as well as ensure our global peacemaking work continues strong as we expand to new cities and countries and establish new programs in conjunction with our partners around the world.

A friend recently told me, “Rather than Bosnia becoming more like America, America is becoming a lot more like Bosnia.” Bosnians look onto the vicious exchanges between political parties in the U.S. with a certain amount of grief. Although many feel that the West has made a lot of harmful mistakes in the Balkan region, they strongly prefer American leadership in the world to an autocratic Russian or Chinese influence. While we grieve and become frustrated about social fragmentation in the U.S. and rhetoric that dehumanizes people, our Bosnian friends often remind us of what is so great about America and why its ideals, although imperfectly enacted, are desperately needed in the world today.

Who is Jesus? Both Christians and Muslims believe in Jesus and revere him highly. But how do Christianity and Islam differ in regard to Jesus’s identity? How do they agree? And how should Muslims and Christians relate to one another given these similarities and differences? In order to have open conversation about Jesus, we assembled this panel to help us understand his identity from the perspective of both faiths and address common questions.