Author Archives: ME

Like a stone creating ripples in a pond…

The following is an excerpt from Creating a Culture of Peace’s website. Click here to see the full article.  The Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem, PA has been blessed to work directly with Janet Chisholm, the designer of Creating a Culture of Peace, to offer nonviolence trainings in our diocese.  She was based locally for four years at…

EPF Maryland Chapter will celebrate UN International Peace Day

Our EPF Maryland Chapter will be among those celebrating the United Nation’s Day of International Peace on September 21. Click here to learn more about this event in Salisbury, Maryland.

EPF Co-Chair on New Hampshire’s Budget Cuts

EPF co-chair Bill Exner recently wrote this powerful article for the New Hampshire Episcopal News regarding state cuts to social services benefiting the poor. We asked the troopers if they’d like to join us in a final prayer before we made it look like they threw us out. They were willing – and appreciative. Sowe…

EPF Executive Director Jackie Lynn on Gun Control

Jackie Lynn of Episcopal Peace Fellowship from Catherine Lynch on Vimeo.

With a Bit of Land Restored, Villagers End Campaign

Check out the full article from the New York Times here. “BILIN, West Bank — Residents of this tiny Palestinian village, along with Israeli and foreign supporters, on Friday held what organizers billed as the last of their trademark weekly demonstrations against the Bilin section of Israel’s West Bank barrier. It was a milestone that illustrated both the…

War Number Three

By George Clifford Make no mistake about it. Regardless of legal issues the Obama administration and some members of Congress now debate, the United States is in fact fighting three wars: one in Afghanistan, one in Iraq, and one in Libya. In spite of the silence, and hence complicity, of most of the news media…

Accompaniment for Peace in Colombia

By Linda Eastwood Imagine yourself sitting in a simple church in North West Colombia (as I was a week or so ago), talking to about twenty members.  A pastor asks for everyone who has NOT been displaced by violence to raise their hands.  After a pause, you and your US colleague do so.  Everyone else…

Creating a Culture of Peace’s Spiritually-Grounded Training for Veterans

A military wife and a peace activist – – – I was both at the same time! My husband’s security clearance was threatened, yet he remained supportive. With other friends in the nuclear submarine service, we spent hours discussing the Vietnam War. They wanted peace, like we did. My husband considered, but decided against, seeking…

Creating a Culture of Peace: Peace Gardens

by Janet Chisholm, Creating a Culture of Peace Executive Director and Past Chair of EPF “We call it the peace garden because well (healthy)-fed people are happier and naturally peaceful!” – Dave Patterson, Past President, Veterans for Peace, San Diego. Older and younger vets came together in San Diego with community allies for a weekend…

Haiti Update

by Will Wauters, NEC Nonviolence Committee The Episcopal Peace Fellowship continues to raise funds and make plans for future nonviolence training in Haiti, in response to the Diocese of Haiti’s invitation to build on our the work begun before the earthquake. As we await the appropriate moment for deepening our collaboration with Bp.Duracin, Pere FanFan…