 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2003 (XXXXI 1) |
Reflecting on our theme for Yearly Meeting sessions this year, “Finding the Power to Make Peace in Every Aspect of Our Lives,” the agenda planning group thought about persons who might be best equipped to speak to this topic. Since we especially wanted to have a spiritually grounded perspective, and one that looks at how we can find the guidance and strength to be peacemakers in many settings – in our homes, workplaces, and communities, as well as on the national and international level – we knew it would be challenging to find the right person. We feel very fortunate that Jim Wallis has accepted our invitation to address the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting sessions on Saturday, March 29, at the Fourth and Arch Street Meeting House in Philadelphia.
Jim Wallis was a founder of the Sojourners community in Washington, D.C., one of the best known progressive activist Christian communities in the United States (www.sojo.net). He is also the editor of Sojourners magazine, which has been a powerful voice for peace and justice in the wider Christian community for more than 25 years. Jim is a preacher, teacher, activist and author who is in demand as a speaker all over the world. He was the keynote speaker at the Pendle Hill weekend conference on Friends testimonies and social witness in May 2001. Those who heard him know that Jim Wallis operates out of a deep faith commitment, and he is a remarkably energizing and engaging speaker.
Annual Sessions planners believe we could not have found anyone better to inform and stimulate Friends’ reflections on how better to connect our faith with our work for peace and justice. Please join us on March 29 for what we expect to be a remarkable evening beginning at 7:00 p.m. (Come a little early, because we expect many people from beyond the Friends community will want to join us to hear Jim.)
Thomas H. Jeavons
Swarthmore Meeting (PA)
PYM General Secretary
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