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		<title>Thirty Christian faith traditions share the peace</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/08/12/peace-among-the-peoples/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[by John Bender
ELKHART, Ind.—Jamal, a Muslim refugee from Zanzibar, and Matthew, a Jew, got acquainted as their children played in a neighborhood parkette in Canada’s largest city, Toronto. Learning of Jamal’s computer skills, Matthew found him a job.
Later, as the events of September 11, 2001, unfolded, Jamal came to Matthew’s house, shaken. ”I’m so sorry, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saint John&#8217;s awards Mennonite peacebuilder John Paul Lederach its highest honor</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of its commencement ceremony May 9, Saint John&#8217;s University and Abbey in Minnesota awarded Mennonite peacebuilder John Paul Lederach its Pax Christi award.  The university&#8217;s highest honor, the Pax Christi award &#8221; recognizes  those who have devoted themselves to God by working in the tradition of  Benedictine monasticism to serve others [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study guide to help prepare world convocation on peace</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/06/01/study-guide-to-help-prepare-world-convocation-on-peace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geneva (WCC) &#8212; “Telling the Truth About Ourselves and Our World”, a study guide on overcoming violence in contemporary contexts, has been published by the World Council of Churches in English, French, German and Spanish as part of the build-up to the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) in May 2011 at Kingston, Jamaica.
Gathering about 1,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bridgefolk co-sponsors ecumenical peace conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peace Among the Peoples is a gathering of ecumenically minded Christian peacemakers. This  conference will be an opportunity to reflect on the future of ecumenical  peacemaking in North America, and beyond. Bridgefolk is a co-sponsor of this conference.
In May 2011, the World Council of Churches will hold the  International Ecumenical Peace Convocation in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gene Stoltzfus, long-time CPT director &amp; friend of Bridgefolk, dead at 70</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/03/11/gene-stoltzfus-long-time-cpt-director-friend-of-bridgefolk-dead-at-70/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gene Stoltzfus, founding director of Christian Peacemaker Teams, died March 10 at age 70.  Stoltzfus was a friend of Bridgefolk and attended our conference at Saint John&#8217;s Abbey in 2008.    To read more, visit http://www.cpt.org/speakers/gene_stoltzfus.
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		<title>An Iraq Journey: Remembering Rutba, seeing Jesus</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/02/26/an-iraq-journey-remembering-rutba-seeing-jesus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Weldon Nisly
Pastor, Seattle Mennonite Church
Bridgefolk board member
Every day for nearly seven years I have remembered Iraq and envisioned returning to that war-torn occupied land. I have longed to return to Iraq with Christian Peacemaker Teams and dreamed of going back to Rutba, a desert city in Western Iraq. Rutba holds a special place in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Duke Center for Reconciliation invites applications to summer institute</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/02/25/duke-center-for-reconciliation-invites-applications-to-summer-institute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Applications are now being received for the 2010 Duke Divinity School Summer Institute, online at www.divinity.duke.edu/summerinstitute.   This summer’s Institute will focus on the theme “The Ministry of Reconciliation in a Divided World” and will be held from May 31 – June 5, 2010 on the campus of Duke Divinity School. The 2010 Summer Institute will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bridgefolk Board member returns to Rutba, Iraq</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/02/15/bridgefolk-board-member-returns-to-rutba-iraq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weldon Nisly, pastor of Seattle Mennonite Church and Bridgefolk Board member, returned to Rutba, Iraq in January as part of a Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT).   As part of a CPT delegation that visited Iraq in 2003 during the US invasion, Nisly was injured in an automobile accident and treated at a clinic in Rutba.  He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Forgiving Lutherans could be a temptation for self-righteousness,&#8221; says Mennonite theologian</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/02/11/forgiving-lutherans-could-be-a-temptation-for-self-righteousness-says-mennonite-theologian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The request of our historic persecutors for forgiveness presents us Mennonites with a temptation and an opportunity, warns Jeremy Bergen, assistant professor of Religious Studies at Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo, Ont.  In response to a previous article in Canadian Mennonite, Bergen publsihed the following commentary on the magazine&#8217;s website. 




Jeremy Bergen

Towards the conversion of [...]]]></description>
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