The Gospel is at the Heart of Peacemaking (And forgiveness/reconciliation!)

In Unpacking Forgiveness my central goal is to show how the Cross (and how God forgives us) is foundational to understanding interpersonal forgiveness (forgiving one another). Today on Route 5:9 (Peacemakers’ blog), Fred Barthel emphasizes this point in a succinct…

CNN Article: "Afghan children raped with ‘impunity,’ U.N. official says" What is the Christian response?

What are Christians to say to people who go through such things?  Is it true that children are raped with impunity?  Impunity means “exemption or freedom from punishment.”  I looked it up. This CNN article describes the awful situation in…