Tag: reconciliation

NURTURING RECONCILIATION: BHM – Galatians, the Gospel and Celebrating Black History Month

This week, VJN invited Steve Schenk, church planter of Vineyard City Church/Buffalo to reflect on Black History Month. Why would a White man write an article celebrating Black History? Thats a fair question, but I think the answer is obvious enough.  A better question, however, is 

VJN Book Review: Peace Catalysts by Rick Love

Rick Love’s Peace Catalysts distills the wisdom of a lifetime of experience as a peacemaker and a bridge-builder among religiously and ideologically diverse communities. Combining clear, biblical, conceptual analysis with a wealth of personal stories about struggle and victory, he argues compellingly that “reconciliation is 

BOOK REVIEW: Evil and the Justice of God by N.T. Wright

BOOK REVIEW: Evil and the Justice of God by N.T. Wright

N.T. Wright’s book Evil and the Justice of God is a thought-provoking, enriching excursion into the deeper currents of biblical theology and our contemporary context.  As someone who engages in a lot of justice and mercy ministry, leading and teaching on the streets, this book is a serious