Beyond Prescription: Perspectives on Conflict, Culture, and Training

Beyond Prescription: Perspectives on Conflict, Culture, and Training

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

The Weekly Pause: Reachable From Here

The Weekly Pause: Reachable From Here

A collection of videos created in spring 2020 that invite pause and reflection through wisdom and the arts.

Mercy: The Power of Unexpected Love Incarnated

Mercy: The Power of Unexpected Love Incarnated

A conference address reflecting on the relationship between Mercy and forgetfulness on the path toward healing.

Spirituality and Religious Peacebuilding

Spirituality and Religious Peacebuilding

A chapter exploring the meaning of quality of presence rising from spiritual resources that facilitate the practice of religious peacebuilding in protracted conflict.

The Long Journey Back to Humanity: Catholic Peacebuilding with Armed Actors

The Long Journey Back to Humanity: Catholic Peacebuilding with Armed Actors

An inquiry into experiences of Catholic leadership with armed groups and actors that overviews the types of experiences, approaches, and challenges church leaders face in contexts of open violence, and secondly proposes and explores a theology of peacebuilding.

Creative Beginnings: From the Moral Imagination Program

Creative Beginnings: From the Moral Imagination Program

A collection of practices and facilitation ideas shared in the URI Moral Imagination Program. 

Narratives of Care: The Social Echo of Community Transformation

Narratives of Care: The Social Echo of Community Transformation

A lecture presented at the conference, "Conversations on Attachment: Integrating the Science of Love and Spirituality," in which John Paul explores the nexus of conflict transformation, reconciliation, and attachment theory through the metaphors of sound and circularity.

UNLV Lecture The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace

UNLV Lecture The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace

A contribution to the Peace in the Desert Lecture Series of the Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Reflections from a Journey of Faith

Reflections from a Journey of Faith

A sermon shared at the Boulder Mennonite Church sharing stories and confessions in reflection on a journey of faith.