Waymakers Peace Picnic May 9
Come join us on May 9th at 5 pm in Von Baer Park
Come join Chad Ford and Patrick Mason of Waymakers, Casey McFarland of Pioneering Paradoxes and the folks at That’s Church for a Peace Picnic at Von Baer Park in Providence, Utah on Saturday May 9 from 5 to 8 pm.
We will have a potluck, some games and a cool, interactive discussion between Chad, Casey and Patrick on Chad’s book: Seventy Times Seven: Jesus’ Path to Conflict Transformation.
We’d love to see you there.
REPAIR coming to Washington DC
Our REPAIR conference is coming to Washington DC for a half day event on Saturday, September 19th for a half day event. Patrick Mason, Chad Ford, Thomas Griffith and others will be speaking and doing workshops. More details are coming. But mark you calendars now!
Podcasts!!!
Chad just did an entire podcast on his research and the topic of the tensions between the Second Coming and Peacebuilding with Pioneering Paradoxes! Dig into eschatology, the second coming, and Jesus at the end of the world.
You can listen to it on Spotify …
Or on Apple Podcasts
Patrick and Jennifer Walker Thomas continue the second season of the Proclaim Peace Podcast focusing on peacemaking in the Old Testament.
The last two episodes were fantastic:
Embracing Diversity and Building Peace: Lessons from the Tower of Babel w/ Daryl Davis
Joseph’s Story from Pride to Compassion: Breaking Generational Cycles w/ Rabbi Sam Spector
Articles over at the Waymaker
Chad Ford has been writing a lot lately about the intersection of peacemaking and the gospel of Jesus Christ.
If you are interested, here are some of the topics he’s tackled the past few months.
Dangerous World. Dangerous Jesus. Dangerous Love: The Second Coming and Finding Jesus at the End of the World
Blessed are the Lions: A story about raising, working with and loving women peacebuilders
The Tears of Hope: In a time of outrage, here’s to tears of hope, repair, and love
We’ve Got Some Difficult Days Ahead: Following “the Way” in an Age of Protest, Power, and Fear