by Samantha E. Lioi
Driven by the Holy Spirit, Jesus is in the wilderness with a lot of people these days. It’s crowded, and the scarcity of resources keenly felt. Even so, it is a place of surprising and dogged hope.
Last July I traveled to Colombia for two weeks on a Christian Peacemaker Teams delegation. A truly international group of us – from Massachusetts, Texas, Pennsylvania, Ethiopia, India, and Illinois – became a team who would learn from, accompany, and support the CPT Colombia team and their partners, especially leaders of peasant-farmer or campesino organizations struggling to remain on their land or return to it.
Colombia
César García to become General Secretary of Mennonite World Conference
(reposted from Mennonite World Conference ) Wednesday, 04 May 2011 First appointee from the global South Taipei, Taiwan – For the first time, a leader from the global South will […]