Iran
We are facing yet another foreign policy crisis in our relationship with Iran. Two things happened yesterday that (re)shaped and (re)focused my thinking.
Oman
Just before Christmas, I spent a week in Oman, while attending a retreat on reconciliation. The trip taught me a lot about peacebuilding, starting with the country itself.
Local Peacebuilding
Locally led peacebuilding is the current fad in our field. Hopefully, it won't turn into a fly by night fad like hula hoops or lava lamps. Locally led projects should be here to stay. Nonetheless, they are not enough. To see why both of those statements are true, keep reading.
Reconciliation USA
The creation of the Mary Hoch Center for Reconciliation has drawn my attention back to this all important subject and led me to think about how we have to apply it to the lasting divisions in the United States, starting with those over race.