Can there be a just war? Every war claims victims, very often including so-called civilian victims, i.e. people who have nothing to do with the causes of the war. Consequently, there can be no just war. However, what Christians take for granted today was not always the case. In his writings, the church father Augustine …read more

I am a volunteer, like all that serve in the British Army. Part of the process of application, would be the question “what would you do if your posted to Northern Ireland?” this was in 1983 and the “Troubles” (it’s always a point of fascination how the British politician uses another word for war), was …read more

In the podcast “My children can’t breathe” Johan Robyn, as a “Person of Color”, talks about his experiences with racism in South Africa and how current the topic is today. The pictures of George Floyd reminded him of his own fate and that of his parents and grandparents. But his children are also affected by …read more

5 questions for Nosipho R. What is your name? Where do you live? What are you doing now? What’s on your mind at the moment? My name is Nosipho, I live in the city centre of Hildesheim and I also go to school there – in grade 11 – and I’m currently heading for my …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

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

not me carries the cross the cross carries   me   (is) hard and inappropriate I lie nevertheless down on it   do not see the cross   see that what does not exist   abstract values facing the heaven   unattainable just like it   nothing what mankind can maybe even nothing God can …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

Did you know … … that there are 17 internationally agreed goals for global development by 2030 – the Sustainable Development Goals/SDGs? The United Nations’ 2030 Agenda, launched in 2015, formulates 17 goals and a joint action plan for a good life everywhere in the world. These major common goals are based on the realisation …read more