You can be a Peacemaker
Check out this new video for the 2011 Congress. I just love that last sign: You Can Be a Peacemaker!
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So You Want to Go to Seminary?
Hilarious animated video. We recommend you watch this as you discern your call... "Seminary will teach you what a lot of dead white men thought about God." -
The Role of Art in Social Transformation
Bill Mallonee, who will perform at the 2011 Congress, continues his stellar, 3 decade career as one of the most simultaneously talented and unheralded songwriters to ever probe the depths of the human spirit, frailty, and faith. -
Bill Mallonee at the 2011 Congress
Music, dance, drama, visual art, and poetry have been a big part of the past 15 Congress gatherings and we are thrilled that the incredible Bill Mallonee will grace us at the 2011 Congress. -
Speak Life Spoken Word
Speak Life is hosting an evening of poetry and prayer to lift up the epidemic of violence in our city. Tuesday 9/21 at 5:30pm at the corner of Flournoy & Homan in Chicago, IL. -
The Art of Peace
Krista Tippett's excellent program, Speaking of Faith, tackles peacemaking in an episode entitled: the Art of Peace. John Paul Lederach describes what really happens when people transcend violence while living in it. -
Congress Podcast
In this episode of the Congress podcast, listen in as we grab the intellectual coat-tails of a poet-theologian Jim Perkinson and hang on for dear life. Ah, the places we'll go! -
Radical Disciple: The Story of Father Pfleger
by Mark Hannan 1Art, Asset-Based Community Development, Community Development, Ecclesiology, Michael Pfleger, Parables, Social ActionJanuary 30, 2010The the real heart of "Radical Disciple: The Story of Father Pfleger" is the uncovering the inner spiritual fire that fuels the activist priest who is consistently ambitious enough to believe that real change is possible and then to work towards it.