The word “gauze” likely traces its origins to the Arabic ghazz or gazzā, referring to Gaza—a city once renowned as a center of textile production and trade in the medieval world. For centuries, Gaza’s artisans wove fine fabrics exported across the Mediterranean and the Islamic world. Over time, the term “gauze” became synonymous with loosely woven fabric, eventually becoming indispensable in medicine—used to bind wounds and stem bleeding.

How can Christ’s teaching of neighbor-love — when taken seriously — offer a path toward a just, flourishing, and reconciled future? Watch our conversation with author and peacemaker Andrew DeCort to discuss his book, Reviving the Golden Rule: How the Ancient Ethic of Neighbor Love Can Heal the World. We explore the roots of this ancient yet essential teaching, reflect on examples of how Christians have lived this out in powerful ways, and discuss how Christians today can meaningfully model neighbor-love in our relationships, communities, and politics.

I’ve written these words not as a creed, but as a compass. For years I’ve watched the language of “peace” get hijacked—used to justify silence, to avoid discomfort, to flatten stories of injustice. Inspired by those who refuse silence, this oath is for all who choose peace with justice.

Good intentions and big dreams aren’t enough to get the results we want. To achieve our goals, we need to pay attention to the changes we’re creating right now. At Peace Catalyst, we don’t measure our impact by looking only at events—we look at what PCI has actually helped people do differently. We call these “behavior changes.” Read more about what these changes look like and what kind of things people are doing differently because of our work - and because of your partnership with us.

Discussions about war and violence often focus on immediate solutions: how to stop the bloodshed, how to negotiate a ceasefire, how to restore order. While these are necessary conversations, they often fail to address the deeper systems that enable and perpetuate violence. This is why nonviolent co-resistance does not simply seek to end war but aims to dismantle the very systems that make violence seem inevitable.

What if our view of sin is far too small? And what if it also misses the depth of Jesus’s confrontation with evil and his invitation to healing? Watch this conversation to explore how the Bible speaks about sin - not as personal wrongdoing, but also as something that entangles individuals and societies in patterns of harm… and how this all leads us to Christian peacebuilding.

Hegemony.
Do you know that word?

I hadn’t learned it until college:
Intro to International Relations.

I didn’t know the word, 
reached for a dictionary
and was shocked to read it meant “dominance.”

Why would we study dominance?
My innocent idealism believed we would study

how to make the world more whole…
not more controlled…
but, I come to recognize, 
we often truly believe that
domination is the path to the good….

In a world marked by horrific violence, rising authoritarianism, and toxic polarization driving people apart, many Christians want to be people of justice and reconciliation. Yet in the West, the church and its theology are too often known for supporting violence, not healing it. What lessons and challenges must the church in the West face if it is to truly be a source of liberation and worship in solidarity with those on the margins?

I hope these short and simple journal entries can help you better understand or better communicate to other audiences the mission of peacebuilding while offering a glimpse into PCI’s work in Bosnia and Herzegovina.