by Lucas Redekop
Like this blog, my beginnings have a close connection to Mennonite Central Committee. I was born overseas during my parent’s 3-year volunteer commitment to MCC. Their primary work was educating new immigrants on what to expect when arriving in North America. My parents have maintained connections to some of the people [...]
Canada Day with Mr. Trahn
Towards an Architecture of Peace
By Lucas Redekop
In the December edition of the The Walrus, Charles Montgomery asks the question “Can the shape of a city really change the psychology of its inhabitants?” The question is asked in an article entitled “The Archipelago of Fear: Are fortification and foreign aid making Kabul more dangerous?” where Montgomery hypothesizes that fortification architecture [...]
Putting Politeness Aside
by Lucas Redekop
Last week I saw an advertisement for a dental office that blinked “Peace begins with a smile” and I thought to myself “What a horrible misrepresentation”. Now, this blunt response had less to do with peace being paralleled to good dental work and more to do with a prevailing belief that Christianity requires [...]
