The fourth in a series of posts by Barry Bussey, associate director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists:
The messiness of peace was evident today in the convocation. Exactly what does “Peace among the Peoples” look like. The modern state has a number of actors that causes one to pause in trying to figure out the complexities of war. Consider for example the country of Norway. It seeks to maintain a very positive image around the world as not only a peaceful country but a peacekeeping country.
The third in a series of posts by Barry Bussey, associate director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists:
Last night the participants of the IEPC travelled to the centre of Kingston to Emancipation Park where they were treated to an all Jamaican concert. It was a gospel concert with a couple of traditional non-sacred numbers thrown in. I was pleased to hear the Kencot Seventh-day Adventist Youth Choir under the direction of Cecile Boyd lead out with an excellent delivery of “Stand/He's Able”. It was a great start to the evening.
The second post by Barry Bussey, associate director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists:
One of the great things about attending an international conference is the different people you meet. For those of us who are on the extroverted side it is an absolute blast. “It is like a box of chocolates you never know what you are going to get.” I heard that somewhere before. Well it is much the same at a conference.
A report by Barry Bussey, associate director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists:
The International Eccumenical Peace Convocation opened this afternoon in Kingston, Jamaica. About 1000 delegates from around the world have descended on the Caribbean island nation to discuss peace. The convocation opened up with an interdenominational 2 hour prayer service which called upon the world to choose peace.
Commonweal readers will be familiar with Osborn’s clear-eyed, well-honed analysis (most recently in “Still Counting: How Many Iraqis Have Died?” February 11). This book reveals the foundation of his analysis of headline events. While neither anarchistic (in the colloquial sense of advocating violence or extreme libertarianism) nor apocalyptic (in tenor or proclamation), there is a stringency in Osborn’s thinking that is prophetic and liberating.
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