Putting Peace First

Young people are hungry to change the world, but often aren't given the chance. This book empowers them to make change happen. When he was just eighteen, Eric David Dawson co-founded the non-profit Peace First based on the idea that young people can change the world for the better--not someday, but right now. Twenty-five years later, Peace First has reached millions worldwide, teaching young people how to become peacemakers and create real change. Now, Dawson has written PUTTING PEACE FIRST, the handbook every aspiring peacemaker needs. Using the inspiring stories of real life peacemakers, each chapter highlights a different aspect of peacemaking, from Opening Your Heart to Taking a Stand. With clear, step-by-step explanations of how each peacemaker achieved their goals, this book is a guide for anyone who wants to make a difference.

Diana Oestreich, a combat medic in the Army National Guard, enlisted like both her parents before her. But when she was commanded to run over an Iraqi child to keep her convoy rolling and keep her battle buddies safe, she was confronted with a choice she never thought she'd have to make. Torn between God's call to love her enemy and her country's command to be willing to kill, Diana chose to wage peace in a place of war. For the remainder of her tour of duty, Diana sought to be a peacemaker--leading to an unlikely and beautiful friendship with an Iraqi family. A beautiful and gut-wrenching memoir, Waging Peace exposes the false divide between loving our country and living out our faith's call to love our enemies--whether we perceive our enemy as the neighbor with an opposing political viewpoint, the clerk wearing a head-covering, or the refugee from a war-torn country. By showing that us-versus-them is a false choice, this book will inspire each of us to choose love over fear.

This book examines the role and limits of policies in shaping attitudes and actions toward war, violence, and peace. Authors examine militaristic language and metaphor, effects of media violence on children, humanitarian intervention, sanctions, peacemaking, sex offender treatment programs, nationalism, cosmopolitanism, community, and political forgiveness to identify problem policies and develop better ones.

This book examines the role and limits of policies in shaping attitudes and actions toward war, violence, and peace. Authors examine militaristic language and metaphor, effects of media violence on children, humanitarian intervention, sanctions, peacemaking, sex offender treatment programs, nationalism, cosmopolitanism, community, and political forgiveness to identify problem policies and develop better ones.

Passenger's Side is a non-fiction account, that describes how an ordinary person's life, becomes extraordinary. You'll learn of how one man's life has dramatically changed, because of something he has found... something that was once hidden. The author, John, has discovered a new and amazing relationship. The type of relationship that he has discovered, is one that he never would have imagined... one that he didn't realize could exist. Can miraculous things really happen in a person's life, everyday? In addition to learning of John's personal testimonies and the amazing accounts that he will share with you, Passenger's Side was written to help you. It is a Christian self-help book, that can change your life in a way that is more wonderful than you could imagine. It can and will help you in the "here and now." The author states: "Over and above helping people like you, it is my intention that this book would bring glory to the God. It is God that deserves credit for all good things. We can do nothing worthwhile outside of Him. We have life, only because of Him. It is only the Lord God, who is worthy of praise. I believe this book will give you a better understanding of the Lord, and your own life. You will soon discover that with Jesus Christ as your partner, you can live the kind of life that seems like a wonderful dream. And the best part is; what I am referring to, is available to you now. Even today. So join me on this journey. Open your mind, and your heart, and you will soon discover what I have... that traveling through life in the passenger's side, is the only way to travel!"

Short humorous inspiring stories about finding your inner bitch, putting yourself on the pedestal and being the best you can be for yourself