Peace Treatments

James 3:13 - 17 contains one of the most powerful disclaimers against envy found in scripture...and links it hand in hand with disunity, discord and lack of peace in the Body.   Considering that the early church in Acts were "all in one accord" (Acts 3:42-45) unified in their devotion to Christ and service to one another, one assumes that envy had not taken hold to dis-unite them.   As a result, the early church saw incredible fruit...thousands of people saved in such short time, along with miracles, signs, and wonders. My Ungers Bible Dictionary defines envy as "that malignant passion that sees in another qualities that it covets, often resulting in hate of their possessor".    Is it not evident that envy that manifested in hatred sent Jesus to the cross?  Matthew 27:18 says "for he knew (Pilate) it was out of envy that they (the Pharisees) handed Jesus over to him". Envy kills...Cain was envious of Abel's relationship with God.  Or at the ver

Restorative action Restorative justice Justice Peace Forgiveness Recovery Transformation Transformative justice Shalom...how God always intended it before we messed it up.  In 2003 I heard a still small voice whisper "justice" and thus began my journey. Step in this direction.  Just one step.  Never knowing where it would take me, never knowing just  how it would unfold.  Losing the grace to take my market career to the successes I know it could go, and gaining the grace to surrender all to whatever God has in store.  They say each journey of discovery starts with a single step.  My single step took me into some real deep healing of some real deep wounding and I was truly born again. In 2010 the still small voice got louder.  Time for preparation, time for training, time for equipping, time for capacity building, time for getting serious.  These next  steps took me into mediation, coaching, leadership and trauma studies, culminating in this master's pr