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Center for Spiritual Formation for Peace Building and Making

Leading individuals or communities toward a more profound desire for justice and peace for all God’s creations is essential. And that is precisely what Christian spiritual formation is all about. It is about contributing to the Church and society, as well as realizing, following, and adopting the fact that all people are created equal in the image of God. The center for spiritual formation works on the basis of ‘working together, helping, caring, and respecting others. Actually, it is maintained and practiced while developing spiritual formation for justice and peacemaking, and building. Let us discuss this. The Jesus and justice conference is basically a go-to conference for Christians. Individuals follow these conferences who care about justice and seek a deeper love of Jesus to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly before God. There are individuals, communities, as well as groups who are following this path. They are all passionate about living out the message of Jesus and mak...

What are the 4 Cs of Peace making?

Peace-making can be explained in two ways. In the first one, it is the intervention or the conflict between prolonged disputes, and in the second one, it is simply making peace. Developing a Christlike character will help in making peace. Social psychologists have identified 4 strategies of peace-making. Let us remember those 4 Cs of Peacemaking. Communication : When two parties are in the middle of a conflict, peace can come through communication. Both the parties can negotiate or bargain and can arrive at a solution or can invite a mediator for the resolution. The third-party mediators can study all the disagreement points of both parties before implementing the settlement. If initiated by the third-party mediators, constructive communication can resolve conflicts in a much more peaceful manner. If the conflicting demands can be replaced with the underlying interests and goals of the parties, the resolution becomes easier. The third-party mediators will always try a win-win situ...