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Where are all the peace activists? We hear stories of folks working for peace against the odds, resisting the call to arms. We seek to disarm violent hearts, detach from systems of oppression, and practice economics of the sacred.

• Regulars
• Editorial: Positive peace
  Melanie Dennis Unrau 8
• Letters 10
• Sinner’s Corner: Nothing to confess
  Margot Starbuck 14
• Fun with guns [comic]
  Justin Petkau 15
• The Pastor’s Wife: Peace starts with the socks
  Carrie S. Martin 16
• Guest column: An inconvenient commandment
  Margot Starbuck 17
• Poetry
• Mind the war
  Annharte 39
• Peace, unlike
  Monique Woroniak 59
• Section 1: Refrain from further violence
• the cost of peace
  kathryn gray 25
• Do you see what I see?
  Shannon Blake 26
• Memorial for deserters
  Christian Skoorsmith 29
• Ten Reasons for hope
  John Siebert 30
• Pacifism is still possible
  Christie Skoorsmith 32
• Section 2: Detach from systems of oppression
• The tail lights fade
  Jake Olzen 36
• Woman in Black
  Juliet Eastland 37
• Shooting stars
  Jon Sears 40
• Looking at the wounded
  Jonathan Hiskes 42
• Terrorist
  Darlene McLeod 44
• How to love your neighbour
  Joey Royal 45
• Community is the heart of nonviolence
  Isaiah Boronka 46
• Moral jeopardy
  Maryanne Mutch 47
• Section 3: Foster positive peace
• Contemplation leads to peace
  Cherice Bock 50
• A disparate peace
  Carly Ciufo 52
• Gunshots in Las Pavas
  Hannah Redekop 53
• A conversation with John Dear
  Josiah Neufeld 54
• Costa Rica’s unarmed democracy
  Patrick Van Inwegen 60
• Economics of the sacred
  Ben Janzen 62
• Two?
  Kathy Moorhead Thiessen 64
• Hope keeps me breathing
  Rusty Poulette 65
• Seven sacred works for young activists
  Lydia Wylie-Kellermann 67
• Web Exclusive
• Lightning Peace
  Alex Jürgen Thumm
• Culturosities 18
• Judy Da Silva
• AK-47s into ploughshares
• Hate mail origami
• RoboGandhi
• Experiments 68
• Playing with peace
• Art bike
• DIY veggie stock
• Civil Disobedience 70
• School closure protests
• Moral politics
• Climate justice activist released
• News
• Feministry 74
• Conservative sexual ethics lead ?to passivity
• Tibetan nuns gain ground
• Christian Peacemaker Teams 75
• Land struggles in Columbia
• Lakota resist Keystone XL
• Israel clamps down at border
• Catholic Worker 76
• Bradley Manning vigil
• Parking-lot oasis
• LGBT* 77
• Catholic school board votes against intolerance
• Catholic school fires lesbian teacher
• Reviews 78
• My Bright Abyss
• The Kingdom and the Glory
• Beautiful Trouble
• All is Grace