Many churches and missionary societies approached peoples, who were named “Indians” generally in former times as they were people, backward in their development. In Latin America something started new by laying out the Bible not for but with the disadvantaged peoples. Until before a few centuries, military dictatorships were in power in most of the …read more
At this point we are suggesting a breathing meditation. It is five by five breathing sequences that can be carried out as follows: Sitting up straight; taking a deep and calm breath, deep into your pelvic base; Holding the good breath in your lower belly and tense it – in this short phase of tensing …read more
“Do no harm” as a principle of supporting people without creating new injustices. “Peacebuilding – creating peace” is the title of two projects of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission in Lower Saxony (ELM) in the Gambella region of Ethiopia. How can this succeed? How can this be done in a region that is marked by food …read more
Adama has become a refuge for more than 25,000 internally displaced persons. The city is a regional economic and commercial center in Oromia, but the infrastructure there is overburdened by the large influx. There is too little housing, insufficient water and sanitation, and, most importantly, too few employment opportunities. It is particularly difficult for women …read more
First of all, one should probably ask oneself, what is justice? When everyone is treated equally or when everyone treats equally? And why is there injustice? Whenever we were given a bag of gummy bears as children, all the bears had to be counted so that no one really had more than the other. I …read more
There have been many peace efforts in recent decades, but the world has not become more peaceful. Warlike conflicts have led to more and more people being killed and more and more people fleeing violence. The cause of violence are almost always experiences of scarcity: Lack of access to land and resources, lack of social …read more
……and Christian churches, institutions and congregations, as well as partnership groups, have a new significance in this. “I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (John 10:10) I have life in abundance first of all when I have a choice. This is not given for most people in the …read more
Reflections on Psalm 85 Connection of heaven and earth In the cross we can see the meeting of a vertical and a horizontal axis. The vertical axis shows the justice of God faithfully connected to the earth and its people. The horizontal axis represents justice and peace between people on earth. Both belong to a …read more
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