confianza

A collection of stories, reflections, and wisdom offering insight into the challenge of facing down toxic polarization layered with violence and the surprising ways everyday people found to shift harmful patterns of violence that had lasted decades. 

A manuscript written for the Inter-racial and Cross-cultural Conflict Resolution Project at Conrad Grebel College's Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies.

A conference paper analyzing models forms of third party intervention undertaken in Nicaragua, advocating for an expansion of the third party concept then guiding peace research and peacemaking practice.

A commissioned paper articulating a Christian pacifist perspective on nonviolent approaches to contemporary conflict.

A chapter that advances an orientation to peacemaking termed peace advocacy, which emphasizes a trust-based approach undertaking with a long-term commitment and based on the development of relationships.

A reflection highlighting the authors' tensions around the concepts of popular, justice, community, and empowerment and an inside view and assessment of the success and potential of the movement toward popular justice.

A chapter that outlines a comprehensive framework for conflict transformation in protracted, internal conflicts.

John Paul's Ph.D. thesis for the Department of Sociology at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

A talk from the Upaya Zen Center sharing stories about experiences working with Indigenous communities around the world.