Peace Catalyst Podcast

Andy Larsen - A Surprise Meeting With Iraqi Muslim Leader Ali al-Sistani

Andrew Larsen, a devoted peacemaker and long-time friend of Peace Catalyst, joins us to talk about a recent trip to Iraq and an unexpected personal meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, as well as his own approach to bridge-building in the Middle East and the U.S.
Andy has worked as a consultant to churches and nonprofit groups seeking to understand “the other,” particularly Muslims. He empowers peacemaking initiatives through photography, personal relationships, and building a network among Muslim, Christian, and advocacy groups to build bridges between divergent communities.
 
Edited by Nicole GibsonMusic: Soulmates by Yigit AtillaSupport the podcast: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/peacemaking-podcast

Greg Khalil and Todd Deatherage - Reconciling Seemingly Intractable Conflict

Today we talk with Greg and Todd, Co-Founders of fellow peacemaking organization The Telos Group. 
Before founding Telos, Greg lived in Ramallah, the West Bank, where he advised the Palestinian leadership on peace negotiations with Israel. He’s lectured widely on the Middle East and has been published by outlets like the New York Times, and he’s also an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s graduate school of journalism.
Todd spent 16 years in senior positions in the Executive and Legislative branches of the U.S. government, and from 2005-2009 he was Chief of Staff in the Secretary of State’s Office of Policy Planning. He also spent two years as Senior Advisor in the Department’s Office of International Religious Freedom, where he specialized in religious freedom in the Middle East, and worked for 10 years in the U.S. Congress.The Telos Group: https://www.telosgroup.org/
 
Edited by Nicole GibsonMusic: Soulmates by Yigit AtillaSupport the podcast: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/peacemaking-podcast

Miroslav Volf and Hurunnessa Fariad - What it Means to Embrace the Other

Dr. Miroslav Volf and Hurunnessa Fariad, two of our first ever Rick Love Peacemaker Award winners, join our President, Martin Brooks, for this conversation about  the "why" and "how" of embracing 'the other.' The conversation is based around Dr. Volf’s book, Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation.
 
LINKS:
Peace Catalyst International website: www.peacecatalyst.org
Rick Love Awards: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/rick-love-award-recipients
Yale Center for Faith & Culture: https://faith.yale.edu/
Miroslav Volf's books: https://www.amazon.com/Miroslav-Volf/e/B001IGJSHG?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_10&qid=1660078768&sr=1-10
Exclusion & Embrace book: https://amzn.to/3BPKNv3
Multifaith Neighbors Network: www.mfnn.org
Edited by Nicole GibsonMusic: Soulmates by Yigit Atilla
 

Steve Hackman - Peacebuilding in Hong Kong

Steve is a Hong Kong-based travel writer, educator, and speaker who has been the Head of Christian and Community Development at Yew Chung Education Foundation for more than a decade. Steve is an experienced adventurer, having completed numerous cross-country journeys including the 500 mile Camino de Santiago in Spain and the 1100 mile Via Francigena from England to Rome. He hosts the Beyond The Pale podcast, which explores living life and spiritual faith through the lens of pilgrimage. 
LINKS:
Beyond the Pale podcast
Yew Chung Education Foundation
Seeds of Hope program
 
Support the podcast: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/peacemaking-podcast
Edited by Nicole Gibson
Music: Soulmates by Yigit Atilla

Julia Bacha - Pay Attention to Nonviolence

Julia Bacha is a Peabody and Guggenheim Award-winning filmmaker, media strategist, and Creative Director at JustVision, an organization that fills a media gap on Israel-Palestine through independent storytelling and strategic audience engagement. She has strategically used documentary film and multimedia to foster constructive conversation on some of the most divisive issues of our times. Julia’s work has been exhibited at the Sundance, Berlin, and Tribeca film festivals; has been broadcast on the BBC, HBO, and Al-Jazeera; and has screened at widely diverse settings from refugee camps and villages to the halls of the American Congress and European Parliament. Her TEDTalk, “Pay Attention to Nonviolence,” was selected as one of the best talks of 2011 by the TED curators and has been viewed by over half a million people worldwide. 
 
LINKS
Julia’s TEDTalk "Pay Attention to Nonviolence": https://www.ted.com/talks/julia_bacha_pay_attention_to_nonviolence
Julia’s TEDTalk "How Women Wage Conflict Without Violence": https://www.ted.com/talks/julia_bacha_how_women_wage_conflict_without_violence
JustVision: https://justvision.org/
Julia’s films: https://justvision.org/films
Christian Peacebuilding Network: https://www.facebook.com/groups/christianpeacebuildingnetwork
Support the podcast: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/peacemaking-podcastEdited by Nicole GibsonMusic: Soulmates by Yigit Atilla

Keith Giles - Jesus Unarmed

After serving as a licensed and ordained minister for over 20 years, Keith left his full-time pastoral ministry to start a house church that gave away 100% of the offering to help the poor in their community. After 11 years, Keith and his wife Wendy moved to El Paso, TX, where they now work as peacebuilders in their local community. Keith is also a prolific writer and the author of many books, including Jesus Unarmed: How the Prince of Peace Disarms Our Violence. 
 
LINKS:
Keith's website: www.keithgiles.com
Second Cup With Keith podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/second-cup-with-keith/id1595608177
 
Support the Peace Catalyst Podcast: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/peacemaking-podcast
Peace Catalyst website: www.peacecatalyst.org
Edited by Nicole Gibson
Music: Soulmates by Yigit Atilla
 

Lisa Sharon Harper - Fortune: Race, Family History, and Collective Repair

Lisa Sharon Harper leads trainings that increase clergy and community leaders’ capacity to organize people of faith toward a just world. She’s a prolific speaker, writer, and activist as well as the Founder and President of Freedom Road U.S., a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap in our nation by designing forums and experiences that bring common understanding, common commitment, and common action. She’s the author of several books, including Evangelical Does Not Equal Republican or Democrat and the critically acclaimed The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right. 
 
MORE LINKS:
Connecting in Conflict course
Lisa's newest book, Fortune: How Race Broke My Family and the World - and How to Repair It All 
Freedom Road
 
Edited by Nicole Gibson
Music: Soulmates by Yigit Atilla 
Support the podcast at https://www.peacecatalyst.org/peacemaking-podcast

Peter Digitale Anderson - Equipping Christians for Peacebuilding

Based in Minneapolis, Peter leads trainings in conflict transformation, nonviolence, trauma awareness and healing, and community-based peacebuilding. Peter is Peace Catalyst's Director of Formation and Minneapolis Program Director. Together with his wife, Liz, he is equipping community peacemakers and collaborating with others specifically in the areas of racial justice and healing.
 
LINKS:
Donate to help develop peacebuilding courses and trainings: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/peacemaking-skills-training
Nonviolent Communication Course: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/nonviolent-communication
Connecting in Conflict Course: https://www.peacecatalyst.org/connecting-in-conflict
CPN (Christian Peacebuilding Network): https://www.facebook.com/groups/christianpeacebuildingnetwork
 
Edited and produced by Nicole GibsonMusic: Soulmates by Yigit AtillaSupport the podcast at www.peacecatalyst.org/peacemaking-podcast