{"id":6886,"date":"2014-03-20T10:55:50","date_gmt":"2014-03-20T17:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thepangeablog\/?p=6886"},"modified":"2014-03-20T10:56:24","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T17:56:24","slug":"cultivate-seattle-a-one-day-conference-on-peacemaking-mission-discount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thepangeablog\/2014\/03\/20\/cultivate-seattle-a-one-day-conference-on-peacemaking-mission-discount\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultivate Seattle: a one-day conference on peacemaking & mission (discount!)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Having just returned from a peacemaking trip to Israel\/Palestine, under the leadership of the Global Immersion Project, I\u2019m thrilled to have them in my city! I\u2019m hoping you will come hang out with us on April 24th (as a pre-seminar for the Inhabit Conference).<\/p>\n

Peacemaking has been disintegrated from the Church\u2019s understanding of God, His mission, and our vocation.\u00a0 As a result, we misunderstand who God is, what God has done, and what God is seeking to do here and now.\u00a0 So, rather than embracing peacemaking as central to God\u2019s heart and critical to who we are as His family, we speak of it as an esoteric theory or a subjective feeling.\u00a0 Rather than embracing peacemaking as an everyday, costly way of life, we both contribute to and run from conflict while outsourcing the work of peace to others.\u00a0 Organizationally, we place peace and reconciliation in our values, but have no idea what it looks like nor how to lead, train, or disciple to it.<\/p>\n

Cultivate Seattle<\/em>\u00a0is a one-day tailor-made intensive designed to practically shift peacemaking from esoteric theory and aspiring value to costly, embodied reality. Through a fusion of engaging content, dialogue-based learning, simple experiments, and communal reflection you will:<\/p>\n