by Scott Cressman
Retold from the book “War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning,” by Chris Hedges.
The year is 1992. The Bosnian War has begun, using ethnicity and religion to tear neighbours apart based. Violence is rising between the nation’s three groups of people, Bosniaks, Serbs, and Croats.
Rosa and Drago Sorak live in the town [...]
Real Peace-Makers: Love Thy Neighbour
A Day to Build Peace
by Scott Cressman
Did you know that Sept. 21 was the International Day of Peace? Since 1982, the United Nations has devoted one day in September to stopping war and the pain it creates. For years, the world has been slow to embrace this occasion, but now the peace movement may gaining speed.
This was a [...]
Real Peace-Makers: Muriel Duckworth
by Scott Cressman
Most Canadians have probably never heard of Muriel Duckworth, the pacifist and activist from Nova Scotia who died Saturday. Neither had I, but now I wish Canadians knew this peacemaker better. She seems like the kind of Christian who grabs Jesus’ ideas of peace with both hands and won’t let go. Judging from [...]
Real Peace-Makers, part 1
Believing in a peaceful revolution needs to be more than just reading (or writing) a blog. It should be more than a bumper sticker or a catchy slogan. How can we reject violence in our daily lives? How can we inspire others to see peace in our actions and attitudes?
In a new [...]
Military Saviour
The world spent $1.46 trillion (USD) in 2008. That number is mind-boggling, so big that it’s nearly impossible to imagine so much money. How many ways could that money have improved the world? Even more scary, global military spending grew by 45 per cent in the last decade.
When it comes to military spending, the United [...]
Korea and War
by Scott Cressman
I live in a country at war. The conflict that split Korea into North and South has never formally ended, just cooled to simmering rhetoric and threats. Enough time has passed that the new generation of South Koreans have never met their estranged relatives stuck on the other side of the demilitarized border. [...]
Real costs in our free market
by Scott Cressman
We live in a world where cheap is good and free is best. Profits never seem big enough. People are consumers first and human beings second. But what is the story behind the things we consumers pay so little for? I’ve found myself wondering this more often in recent weeks.
Labels and Fighting Fairly
by Jodi Read
I heard it again. The word that I despise – ”illegals” – to describe people that enter the US without proper documentation or those that overstay their visas and are not authorized to work. “Illegals” is underlined in red in this MS document and reminds me that
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 [...]
