December 5, 2013
Posts Tagged: south africa
September 26, 2011
Churches mark anniversary of statement calling racism a sin
April 14, 2011
Our biggest seminar . . .
. . . at least since October 2010 . . . took place on April 11, 2011. On the side of the bus, we read that it was from Passaic, New Jersey. The Rev. Vicky Ney, pastor of Springfield Presbyterian…
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April 13, 2011
Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate
Check your local PBS listings for a new film on forgiveness. Forgiveness: A Time to Love and a Time to Hate, by Helen Whitney, explores a range of stories from personal betrayal to global reconciliation after genocide. Don Shriver, author…
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April 4, 2011
The Principles and Practices of Forgiveness
How does repentance lead to forgiveness and reconciliation and the future in public life? How do we learn to love a country enough that we remember its misdeeds? What can other countries learn from the South African experience of the…
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August 26, 2010
What do we have to show?
by Roger Scott Powers – posted with permission Thirty years of peacemaking, and what do we have to show for it? A lot, when you think about it! Thirty years ago, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. were locked head-to-head in…
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February 11, 2010
The walk continues
Before he could be elected president, Nelson Mandela had to be freed. Or perhaps I should say, before he could be elected president, Nelson Mandela’s body had to be freed. His body may have been imprisoned, his spirit and his…
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January 4, 2010
An Unconquered Soul
I saw Invictus over Christmas. While set against the backdrop of South Africa’s amazing, improbable win in the 1995 Rugby World Cup, it is really not a sports movie. It is a tale of pain and possibility, of moving forward…
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May 4, 2008
Siyaya Tour
Siyaya is coming to the U.S. this summer. And we will share the details as we have them. We don’t have a full schedule yet — although we are looking for that and hope to have it soon. We have…
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March 5, 2008
South Africa: “Our Myron?”
The travel/study seminar has been an experience of intersecting communities. There is the community of the travelers; over meals, in times of reflection, and during crowded bus rides we have bonded. There are the communities of our sisters and brothers…
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