The Journal of the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America January-March 2018 - 2

In ThIs Issue
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ThIrTeen GroupS To receIve
GrAnTS froM 2018 GAvel fund

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A reporT froM The 2017 SuMMer
InSTITuTe of TheoloGIeS of lIfe
by Christina Asheervadam

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peAce BreAkfAST SerMonS: The
practice of peace in deeply divided Times
by Rev. Dr. Cheryl F. Dudley

10

The pArAdox of propheTIc
hope In A dISTreSSInG TIMe
by Rev. Judge Wendell Griffen

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BreAThe noW The deep: A Song for
peace
by Keith Sanford

14

STAndInG In lITTle rock WITh
Wendell GrIffen
by Gwenyth Lewis

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Why We Worked for IndIGenouS
peopleS' dAy In oBerlIn
by Cindi and Jeriel Byron-Dixon

18

on The precIpIce: A Meditation for
our Time
by Andy Smith

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ArropándAnoS con AMISTAd:
una mediación y do ejercicios espirituales
de Orestes Roca Santana

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cloThInG ourSelveS WITh
frIendShIp: A Meditation & Two
Spiritual exercises
by Orestes Roca Santana

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pAul dekAr'S DAnGeROuS PeOPLe:
A Book review
by Steve Jacobsen

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