Another World is Possible
The first time I gave any serious thought to Latin America was probably during a postmodern literature course I took in the dead of winter during my undergraduate degree. Winter in my hometown is long, and dar...
Lessons in Care and Resilience, from Our Homes to Yours
Home. What is the meaning of home? The planet earth is our home. As long as we live on this earth, we can surely call anywhere home because home is not about being all easy, relaxed and comfortable. Home is an...
Letter of Support in Response to Death Threats against JUSTAPAZ
As a faith-based Anabaptist organization with 100 years of work for relief, development and peace, Mennonite Central Committee supports the work of JUSTAPAZ, an Anabaptist organization that has invested more th...
Faith, and meanwhile, … coffee!
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John Fredy Chocue Parra works with MCC SEED—Colombia.
“...that is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his...
What’s in the bag? Hope
Wendy Vado is the Connecting Peoples Coordinator with MCC Nicaragua/Costa Rica.
A few days ago I traveled to Colombia for a regional orientation for new MCC workers. I confess that I was not exactly excited...
A Sacred Pilgrimage
Nancy Sabas Gonzalez works with MCC-Colombia as the Companion and Promoter of GemPaz’s regional work.
Since 2011, Luvis Diaz Chavez and Judith Navarro Martinez have demonstrated their commitment to the wome...
Andean Anabaptist Encounter — Statement on Venezuela
Elizabeth Miller is the Country Representative for MCC Colombia-Ecuador.
In November, representatives from Mennonite, Mennonite Brethren and Brethren in Christ conferences in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Ven...
Stop running and learn to walk: Chocó, Colombia
Francisca Pacheco Alvarado, from Valparaíso, Chile, is working with MCC-SEED in Istmina, Chocó, Colombia, accompanying the new community in peace building.
It occurs to me that you will become different...
Making Steps towards Reconciliation and Hope
Ricardo Torres is the Coordinator of Education Programs for MCC Colombia.
It was two in the afternoon on June 3 of this year when four “chivas” (public tourism buses) parked in front of the Mennonite Brethre...
A Call for Hope and Continued Peacebuilding from Colombia
“In this biblical spirit and in solidarity with peacebuilders in Colombia, we write to let the public know that on Saturday, July 14, 2018, we learned of a communiqué in which an illegal armed group, self-ident...