I have been on a high ever since the Evangelicals for Peace Summit! I am humbled by the phone calls and emails I have received congratulating me and calling the summit a success. Here’s my read on the summit and where I think we are headed.

Rick Love, convener of “Evangelicals for Peace: A Summit on Christian Moral Responsibility in the 21st Century,” wanted to see Jesus show up. Jesus did indeed show himself at the September 14 gathering at Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

I am profoundly disturbed by the American evangelical response to war, terrorism and national security. Far too many evangelicals in the U.S. have blunted the moral edge of what it means to follow Jesus…

Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) ignited a non-violent civil rights movement based on Jesus’ command to love your enemy. At least that’s what most people think. Jesus’ command, however, provided only half of the ethical basis for this world changing peacemaking effort…

Have you ever watched CNN Heroes? Every year CNN searches the globe for unheralded heroes – everyday people who are changing the world – and this annual broadcast highlights their stories…

With tears in his eyes, my friend and colleague Thomas Davis said to a group of Muslims, “Peacemaking is about friendship.” I think Thomas is right.

What does it mean to be an evangelical peacemaker? For many this is an oxymoron. How can you be a true peacemaker and at the same time be a faithful evangelical?

A blond-haired, blue-eyed “Christian” terrorist, Anders Behring Breivik, shocked the world by killing over 90 people in Norway just a few days ago…

Dr. Rick Love, President of Peace Catalyst International, recently consulted for the Yale Reconciliation Program and helped put on the conference titled, “Building Hope: Muslims, Christians and Jews Seeking the Common Good” (June 12-22, 2011)…

Something magnificent just happened … in fact you could call it a miracle. God led the World Council of Churches, the Catholic Church, and Evangelicals to work together…