wfn.org | Missions NOW recognizes ambassadors of reconciliation

[Beth Hawn <BethAH@mbm.org>]

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August 9, 2000
Mennonite Board of Missions
Beth Hawn
Communications Coordinator
PO Box 370
Elkhart, IN 46515-0370
(219) 294-7523 phone
(219) 294-8669 fax
http://www.MBM.org

Missions NOW recognizes ambassadors of reconciliation

ELKHART, Ind. (MBM) - "Truth and mercy have met together; peace and justice 
have kissed."  With these words, translated from the Spanish text for Psalm 
85:10, former Mennonite Board of Missions worker John Paul Lederach opened 
village meetings in Nicaragua during the 1980s as exiled resistance leaders 
returned to their native villages.  The goal was to ease them back into
daily life 
in their villages and help explain to them the terms of the new agreement
with 
the Sandinista government.

How do you create a social space where it's possible for truth and mercy to 
meet; where it's possible for justice and peace to kiss?  In the current
issue 
of Missions NOW, Lederach asks us to ponder this question as we read 
powerful stories of how MBM workers are helping to bring hope and restored 
relationships around the world.

Read about the work of MBM's Michael Hostetler, director of Nazareth Village

in Israel.  The village, a restoration of a first-century farm and village,
has 
become a unifying force among Nazareth's minority Christian community.  
Local Orthodox, Catholic, Brethren and Baptist congregations have all 
contributed volunteers and support.  More important, barriers and prejudices

have been broken down among Christians of different traditions.

Missions NOW, a full-color magazine with a circulation of more than  60,000,

is produced by MBM's communications staff.  For a free subscription, contact

Cindy Hartman at MBM, 500 S. Main, Box 370, Elkhart, IN 46515-0370; 
phone 219-294-7523; e-mail info@MBM.org.

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