Melissa Ruhl's Blog (3)

Last Tuesday night after Obama’s victory speech I could not stop thinking about how I need to ask not what my country can do for me, but what I can do for my country. I am currently going through the study series and have felt increasingly discontent. I keep feeling myself thinking, ok, now what can I do? The messages of BW are so exciting and transformative that I want to give it to others. But I keep getting caught up in the question of how can I be an active member of the Beyond War movement… Continue

As believers in the efficacy of peace, what is our purpose as those who have taken the extra step to become members of Beyond War? Recently, Phil Hanna and I went to a high school here in Eugene to show the introductory video and discuss with the students the things they found interesting and provocative from it. There were several issues the students brought up that have since not left my mind. One fairly obvious question that the students asked was concerning what it is exactly that Beyond War… Continue

Hello everyone. My name is Melissa and I have recently started volunteering with Beyond War by helping Mora in the Eugene office and by helping Anne Millhollen with the library project. For Anne, I will be gathering data for the annotated bibliography as well as reading books to try and find the 12-15 core books. I am hoping that by making a blog of the readings I am doing for Anne, I can elicit discussion of these books whether or not those who find them interesting have read them. Beyond War m… Continue