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‘I was hungry, and you threw food at me like I was an animal in the zoo. I was a stranger and you erected a 175-kilometer razor-wire barrier to keep me out. I was thirsty, sick and needed fresh clothes…

Called The Jihad of Jesus, it’s a handbook for reconciliation and action, a do-it-yourself guide for all Christians and Muslims who want to move beyond the ‘clash of civilizations’ and struggle for justice and peace nonviolently side by side.  I’ve known the author,…

How can we unstop the wells of the Christian heritage of Europe which have been clogged up with neglect, indifference, lies, half-truths, forgetfulness, rebellion and unfaithful witness? We need to start with ourselves. We need to learn to look around…

A stone’s throw from Strasbourg’s awe-inspiring red-sandstone cathedral stands a monument to Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of movable type printing.    That invention–probably the most important event of the modern period–triggered the printing revolution with profound consequences for education, economics, science, politics…

The view from the balcony has to be one of the most breathtaking in the world. But the conferees gathered in a circle by the panoramic windows of Caux Palace Hotel overlooking Lake Geneva early last Friday morning were not…