Peacemaking circles become a way of living on Chicago’s South Side

from Ken Butigan's article on waginNonviolence.org:

“Four friends of mine were killed this summer,” Jonathan Little tells a group of college students visiting Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation, a kind of peace zone in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood. The young man’s voice is somber but composed, as if he has taken the full measure of this abyss of suffering. He has decided that it’s his duty to honor the dead by methodically pushing on with the work — the quest, really — of finding a way out of the storm of violence that bears down on the young in the precincts of poverty and institutionalized racism on the South Side of Chicago.

Oct 12, 2012 Process, Community, Religion, Region: North America and Caribbean, Case:Poverty, Country:USA

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Churches grapple with whether to welcome convicted sex offenders

from the article by Adelle M. Banks in the Washington Post:

"All are welcome" is a common phrase on many a church sign and Web site. But what happens when a convicted sex offender is at the door?

Church officials and legal advocates are grappling with how -- and whether -- people who have been convicted of sex crimes should be included in U.S. congregations, especially when children are present:

Jul 30, 2010 Community, Religion, Region: North America and Caribbean, Case:Sexual, Policy, Country:USA

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