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Dear Friends: ECAPC-TV repeats a most powerful interview this week with Billy Neal Moore, a convicted murderer and former Georgia death row inmate. This is an interview about forgiveness, redemption and hope. Now a minister in Rome, Georgia, Rev. Moore pled guilty to a murder during a robbery, a crime he did commit, and was sentenced to death. With prayer and faith in Psalm 118:17, Billy was spared 7 hours from a date in Georgia's "ole sparky". This program airs over the AIB Comcast Cable Channel Saturday at 9:00 AM and Monday at 1:30 PM. Did the Pardons and Parole Board take the advice of Mother Theresa who called from Calcutta on Billy's behalf.
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Atty. Don Edwards, Host and Producer
Every Church A Peace Church-TV
170 Mitchell Street, SW
Atlanta, GA 30303
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When the power of love overcomes the love of power
the world will know peace. ~~Jimi Hendrix
Don Edwards, Southeast Region ECAPC Coordinator, in Atlanta, Georgia, conducts ECAPC interviews with noted Peacemakers - Each tape is 30 minutes in length. (Note: You need a cable or other fast connection; each file size is approximately 7.6MB, and could take up from half an hour to over an hour on a dialup modem. For Mac computers, you can download Windows Media Player for version OS X here, and other operating systems here.)
Explore how The Church Could Turn The World Toward Peace If Every Church Lived and Taught as Jesus Lived And Taught. ECAPC airs on the Atlanta AIB Cable network:Comcast Ch 5; BellSouth Americast Ch 14; Charter Smyrna Ch 14 and Charter Roswell Ch 22.
Winner of the Atlanta Interfaith Broadcasters (AIB) Allen Award 2004, 2005, 2006
The list below starts with the most recent episodes at the top.
Dr. Jack Shaheen: "The Stereotyping of People of Color by Hollywood"
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ecapc60/ECAPC_60.wmv
Rev. Diane Ford Jones
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In this episode Donald Edwards interviews Diane Ford Jones, National Director of ECAPC. Ordained in the United Church of Christ, with masters degrees in theology and communications, Ford Jones shares about her spiritual journey beginning in the Church of the Saviour in Washington, DC. Don asks, "What is your vision of ECAPC, where are we going in 5 to 10 years?" Hear about ECAPC's work with Churches Supporting Churches in New Orleans and Children of Abraham in the Occupied West Bank. Discussion of what Jesus would think of the "prosperity gospel" and just war theology. Guest artist The Milkshake Quartet featuring vocalist Christine Mayfield provides us with a special treat during this interview.
Dr. Noel Erskine
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Dr. Noel L. Erskine, Associate Professor of Theology and Ethics, Candler School of Theology in Atlanta is interviewed on Rastafari theology. Professor Erskine's research focuses on black church history and on theological method in the work of Karl Barth, James Cone, Paul Tillich, and Martin Luther King Jr. He published FROM GARVEY TO MARLEY: RASTAFARI THEOLOGY (2005). In this episode learn about the Rastifari form of Christanity which originated in Jamaica, with its focus on Haile Selassie, and an Africanist agenda with a black Christ. More on Rastafari history and thought can be seen at
http://www.globalexchange.org/countries/americas/jamaica/rasta.html
Dr. Peter van Den Dungen
http://ecapc.org/media/Dr.Peter%20Van%20Den%20Dungan.wmv
Dr. Peter van den Dungen, Bradford, England discusses the meaning of "a culture of peace." Questions addressed include "why do we have a culture of war?" How did history come to be told as the history of wars? When did peace studies emerge as an academic discipline? Why are town squares named for war "heroes?" Why has the United States been involved in over 200 armed conflicts? Will Atlanta establish an international peace museum? Information on Dr. van den Dungen can be seen at
http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/peace/staff/honorary/van_den_dungen_p/
#55 DR. ROBERT M. FRANKLIN
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Dr. Franklin is the recently-elected 10th President of Morehouse College, in Atlanta, GA. He is interviewed by host and producer Don Edwards, himself a Morehouse graduate. They discuss Dr. Franklin's goal to make Morehouse "a global resource for educated and ethical leaders" and "to develop renaissance men for the social conscience" (Morehouse is the only all male historically black institution of higher learning in the United States.) They discuss Dr. Franklin's 2007 Fortress Press book CRISIS IN THE VILLAGE: Restoring Hope in African American Communities. Franklin identifies the family, church and school as "anchor institutions" in the African American community, sees each of them in crisis--"in the post-civil rights years African American communities have lost significant ground." He outlines a strategy for action for each anchor institution, with prayer and spiritual renewal as the first step, and specific tasks then assigned to all who discern and participate. Dr. Franklin commends Don Edwards for his ECAPC TV programs for peace (54 programs since 2003) and together they light a new set of candles for the TV set.
#54 REV. TIMOTHY MCDONALD III
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Rev. Tim McDonald, pastor of First Iconium Baptist Church, http://www.firsticonium.org/ is interviewed by Donald Edwards. The two men are friends, who say they "meet on the street" every time there is a public witness for peace and justice in Atlanta! Rev. McDonald get's right into the discussion by asking "Why was Jesus crucified?" You might be surprised by his answer, but it will help you to read the Bible with new eyes. What about the Iraq war? Rev. McDonald says that support for it has declined rapidly as people see what giant profits are being made at the cost of Iraqi and American lives, and the decimation of funding for education, health care and the general welfare of Americans because of war spending. In his words "We cannot war our way to peace, or buy our way to peace, we can only love our way to peace."
#53 DR. FRANK OSTROWSKI, WITH DR. ROCCO ERRICO
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Dr. Frank Ostrowski is a peace psychologist. He has represented the Fellowship of Reconciliation at the United Nations, and is author of BEYOND SYSTEMS: ACHIEVING PEACE THROUGH OUR SHARED HUMANITY. He is interviewed by Dr. Rocco Errico. This is a conversation about our enculturation in the way of war, through obedience, conformity and loyalty, and a call to courage -- to discover that our commonality is in our humanity. We will have peace when our loyalty to our common humanity transcends our loyalty to our tribes, religions and nations. A good discussion starter for your group!
#52 John Carmody, Part II, Interviewed by Father Emmanuel Charles McCarthy
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# 51 John Carmody, Part I, interviewed by Father Emmanuel Charles McCarthy
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Guest Host Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy, a co-founder of PaxChristi USA, interviews John Carmody, Director of the Center for Christian Non-violence. This interview comes to you in 2 parts addressing the subject of "The Neuroscience of Peace or Violence" In both episodes, John Carmody, a neuroscientist and highly decorated Viet Nam era Marine, explains how the young are recruited into the military at an age when the brain centers of higher reasoning, compassion and empathy are still immature, and while the lower brain functions of aggression and violence more developed and is more susceptible to the training to kill without mercy or conscience. John explains how he became a subjected to the skillful mind games used by the military to recruit him and join the Marines. Both Fr. McCarthy and John Carmody discuss the inherent conflict of the mind of Christ (compassion, forgiveness, empathy) and the mind of a combat soldier ( aggression, violence, conformity, lack of sympathy, survival) and the effort required by the military to subjugate the Christ-like mind into developing "a good soldier."
# 50 Elik Elhanan, Israeli Refusnik
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Elik Elhanan, a founder of the Israeli and Palestinian “Combatants for Peace” tells how he broke with the cycle of violence, exchanging his gun for words, combat for dialogue. His sister was killed by a suicide bomber in Jerusalem; he tells of his thoughts of revenge, and conclusion that that was a totally dead end street. At the end of first meeting of Israeli and Palestinian combatants in Bethlehem in 2005, both groups discovered that the other had entered the meeting fearing that it was a trap in which they would die. Out of this came "Combatants for Peace" http://www.combatantsforpeace.org/
# 49 Bethlehem Wall
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http://ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_049.wmv
Sacred Spaces Denied: The Bethlehem Wall This episode features the powerful video of the name and produced by Peter J. Nagle, founder of Friends of Bethlehem, a ministry supporting peace efforts within the town of Bethlehem. Using the backdrop of the controversy of Jimmy Carter's book: Palestine: Peace not Apartheid, host Don Edwards introduces us to the Sacred Spaces Denied: The Bethlehem Wall video and provides some postscript commentary urging the American public to become more informed about the Jewish settlements in Palestine, and the oppression of the Israeli occupation of Palestine which concretely defines the Boer term "Apartheid." For more information about the Sacred Spaces video and to purchase the DVD with supporting information, contact Peter Nagle at friendsofbethlehem@fastmail.fm
#48 Frank Ostrowski
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Beyond Systems: Achieving Peace through Our Shared Humanity This episode features guest Dr. Frank Ostrowski as we discuss his book: Beyond Systems: Achieving Peace Through Our Shared Humanity. Frank is a psychologist and former Catholic priest who left the church for a less dogmatic environment in his continuing search for inner and world peace. He is currently a representative to the United Nations for the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR). In this enlightening interview, we discuss the "systems" of family, religion, nation-state and other influences that have historically pushed us into violent conflict and away from recognizing and loving our "share humanity." I close the episode from a quote by Pierre Teilhard De Chardin (1881-1955) that Frank uses to conclude his book:"Some day, after we have mastered the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity we shall harness the energies of love. Then, for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire."
#47 Samir Moukaddam
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Samir Moukaddam is a Lebanese-American who serves as the Director for the Middle East Peace and Education Program for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in Atlanta. In this episode that was recorded three weeks into the Israeli invasion in Lebanon, Samir discusses the “root causes” of the war in Lebanon, and shares with our viewers information ignored by the American media.
#46 Dr. Allen C. Carter
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Dr. Carter is a practicing Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Morehouse College, teaching his course, Spiritual Psychology. In this interesting episode, Dr. Carter discusses his book,” What Is This Thing Called I”, expressing: “The scariest thing for the human mind is that we are all the same” Dr. Carter borrows from his training and experience as a clinical psychologist to sustain the premise that our mind continues to run counter to our human core of love, to create differences based upon race, gender, nationality, religion, etc. leading to enmity and violence. What do George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden have in common? Answer: Watch this episode.
#45 Dr. Glen Stassen, Author and Teacher
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Glen Stassen is Professor of Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary, in Pasadena, Californina. In this interview with Don Edwards he gives practical help to Christians who say, after 9/11 for example, "But what can we do? We have to respond somehow." Stassen says, "The demon in this country is the belief that if you are going to do something about something, you have to make war." He then draws examples from his book JUST PEACEMAKING: TEN PRACTICES FOR ABOLISHING WAR to show that there are at least ten things better than war for responding to terrorism! All of this he draws from the life and teachings of Jesus. Stassen maintains that Christians either don't know, or don't care, how Jesus lived and taught, but he believes that they can come to know and to care.
#43 Dr. Rocco Errico, Program 2, interviewed by John Stoner, continuing the topic "What Did Jesus Do?"
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Is it possible to "love our enemies" as Jesus taught? What would it mean, or look like, to do that? Hear an intriguing comment on "The Mission" movie. An example of peacemaking with the enemy, from Iraq. Jesus was changing the whole human concept of who and what we are! Light, seed, wine, leaven--images of the teaching of Jesus. The Ten Commandments...did Jesus have any commandments? Can parents force good behavior in their children? Is there another way? In closing, a prayer in Aramaic!
#42 Dr. Rocco Errico, Program 1, interviewed by John Stoner WDJD: What Did Jesus Do?
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Dr. Errico asks "What was Jesus' mission in this world? Was it to get us to heaven? I'm to behave, so I can get to heaven. Is that it?" And what about violence in the Hebrew Bible? Wasn't God a God of war there? Hear an Aramaic scholar share insights into the meaning of "son of man" and "son of God." And what does it mean for us to be "fully human?" What does "abba" mean, as in "Our Abba, who art in heaven?" Dr. Rocco A. Errico is an ordained minister, international lecturer and author, spiritual counselor, and one of the nation's leading Biblical scholars working from the original Aramaic Peshitta texts.
# 41 Paul and Kathy Kamphoefner
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This husband wife team serve as the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) representatives in Jerusalem. Paul and Kathy discuss their work in engaging both Palestinians and Israelis to encourage peacemaking in the region through non-violent training and advocacy. This episode shows photos of the separation wall and other visual horrors of the brutal and demeaning Israeli occupation in Palestine.
Jimmie Briggs, Author, on Child Soldiers
www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_040.wmv
In this episode, author Jimmie Briggs, discusses his recent book, Innocents
Lost: When Child Soldiers Go To War. A young graduate of Morehouse College
in Atlanta, and former journalist for Life magazine, Jimmie shares his
experience traveling to dangerous locales of Rwanda, Uganda, Sri Lanka,
Afghanistan and Columbia searching out former and current child soldiers and
their stories of brutality, exploitation and regret. "If a dying man tells
you his story and you don't pass it on, you will be haunted."
ECAPC's 2005 Palestine Palm Sunday, Joe Parko and Don Edwards
www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_038.wmv
Powerful discussion and video footage of ECAPC's nonviolent attempt to ride donkey's from Bethlehem toward Jerusalem on Palm Sunday 2005.
Rev. Ed Loring/ Rev. Murphy Davis of Atlanta's Open Door Community
www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_037.wmv
This exciting program shares the vision and activism of the husband and
wife team of Rev. Ed Loring and Rev. Murphy Davis, co-founders of The Open
Door Community in Atlanta. Ed discusses the mission of The Open Door
Community to reduce the distance between the life of privilege to the lives
of the poor. In taking their personal vow to live with and serve the poor,
the imprisoned, and the sick, "we take steps that are risk-taking and
courage demanding." Ed argues that the origin of oppression is comfort and
too many Christians have been cowards, "soft of the flesh" because they place
country before the will of God, and kill Iraqis for their oil so they don't
have to ride in the HOV lane. Murphy shares her battles with cancer and how
she overcame a terminal prognosis in 1985.
Jim Wallis, interviewed by C. T. Vivian, Part I
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_032.wmv
Dr. C.T. Vivian, celebrated humanitarian and former member of Dr. Martin Luther King’s executive staff interviews Rev. Jim Wallis, Editor of Sojourners Magazine and author of the bestseller book: God’s Politics, in this meeting of theological giants. Vivian and Wallis discuss the roots of the civil rights movement as an example of how the Church and Christians should reflect the social gospel that was at the center of Christ’s teachings. Jim remarks, “In the poor is the very face of Christ” and discusses how Matthew 25 became his conversion text. Drawing from the focus of his book, God’s Politics, Jim reminds us that “Religion is not meant to be ideologically predictable or a loyally partisan thing, but something to be prophetic- that can critique both the left and the right; That can cut both ways and go deeper. What’s the moral center, not the political middle, but the moral center for our public lives?” View this episode to listen to Jim’s response to the question: “What is the meaning that Christians should get out of 9/11?”
Jim Wallis, Interviewed by C. T. Vivian, Part 2
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_033.wmv
In Part 2 of the interview, Dr. C.T. Vivian and Jim Wallis focus on the war in Iraq and the disturbing trend of the development of a theology of war. C.T. asks Jim, “How do we disrupt for all time the cycle of violence and war?” What should present day Christians and other of faith take from the “hard sayings” of Jesus to “Love your enemies.” Is the pacifism of Jesus a practical alternative in this modern age? Watch and enjoy these enjoyable and challenging interviews.
Ruby Sales
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_031.wmv
Don Edwards hosts Ruby Sales, public theologian, activist and founder of Sprit House in Washington D.C. in this interview which explores her background as a SNCC organizer in Lowndes County, Alabama, and her eyewitness to the murder of Episcopal seminarian, Jonathan Daniels. Ruby discusses her background in nonviolence and how it can be nurtured in an American society steeped in a culture of violence and domination. Ruby states, “Too often churches have aligned themselves to the imperialism and militarism of the state” and contrary to the centrality of nonviolence to Christianity. What does Ruby mean when she says “One of the great sins of the empire is that it wants to be God”?
Dr. Samuel Kobia
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_030.wmv
Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia is General Secretary for the World Council of Churches, the largest ecumenical organization in the world, serving more than 550 million Christians. In this interview, Dr. Kobia discusses how the current policies of unilateralism and preemptive war advanced by the United States have caused a significant change in how the world perceives the United States. Dr. Kobia says that as Christians, we have no choice but to reflect the Jesus' teachings and actions of compassion, forgiveness and nonviolence. "As Christians, we have to be peacemakers wherever and whenever the is violence and no peace" Dr. Kobia surprises host Don Edwards when during the interview, he confers the WCC "Blessed Are The Peacemaker Award" to Don.
Sis Levin
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Dr. Sis Levin is Director of the Children of Abraham project in Bethlehem, Palestine. click here. As a peace educator, Sis discusses in this interview the process of teaching peace to children who survive in an environment of an unjust occupation and whirlwind of violence. Sis tells us that "Violence is a trap", self-defeating and ineffective in creating a change for good in the world. You are invited to watch a previous interview with Sis and her husband Jerry Levin, a former CNN Middle East Bureau Chief here http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_009.wmv.
Cornel West
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Dr. Cornel West, Princeton University Professor of Religion, considered one of America's greatest progressive thinkers and prophetic voices, discusses his recent bestselling book, Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism in this insightful interview. What does Prof. West mean by the "niggerization" of America after 9-11? Listen to Prof. West discuss the prophetic Christian and the Constantinian Christian and his remarks on the prophetic: "We need to tease out the rich prophetic tradition of Christianity in America and in the making of America. The abolition, women's suffrage, trade union, and civil rights movements have all been led by prophetic Christians. Prophetic Christianity has been the leaven in the American loaf."
Damu Smith
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Damu Smith, founder and co-director of Black Voices for Peace www.damusmith.org provides and insightful discussion about the violence of our national policies as inspiring the violence of 9/11 and elsewhere around the world. "We have to work for justice and transform our nation's policies..we have to speak out in the streets and in our pulpits." Damu remarks that "the unique perspectives offered by the African American community are needed in the discussion of where our nation is going and where it should go."
Damu Smith interviewed by John Stoner
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_027.wmv"Christian Zionism" and the challenge of justice and peace in the Middle East. The displacement of the Palestinian people, the occupation of their lands, the Wall and the futility of war against terrorism are themes in this interview with Damu Smith, founder and co-director of Black Voices for Peace. www.damusmith.org
Dr. Rocco Errico
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_024.wmv
A commentary on THE PASSION by Mel Gibson. Dr. Rocco A. Errico, author/scholar in the ancient near eastern culture and the language of Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus, and Associate Minister of Hillside Chapel and Truth Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Errico is also founder and director of the Noohra Foundation, a ministry devoted to the life and teachings of Jesus from the uniqueness of the Aramaic language and near eastern culture.
Sandra Olewine
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_023.wmv
Rev. Sandra Olewine serves as the Liaison to Jerusalem for the United Methodist Church, having a mission to engage peoples of all faith communities in the region and in the United States to be actively engaged in meeting the challenges of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict with hope and possibility. Sandra describes life in Bethlehem where she has lived for the past 6 years under Israeli occupation, and discusses her 5 recommendations for peoples of faith in the United States to support the indigenous efforts to create and maintain peace among the children of Abraham in the Middle East.
Dr. Noel Erskine
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_015.wmv
Dr. Noel Erskine is an Associate Professor at the Candler School of Theology and Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. In this episode, Dr.Erskine discusses the role of the church and faith in a culture of violence and how that culture is too often accommodated by our churches. Dr. Erskine remarks: "There is a crisis of faith when there is a distance between word and deed. There is such a gap between who we are called to be and who we actually are.... Anyone who follows Jesus, would have to acknowledge that war is a failure and that we have departed form the principles and teachings of Jesus." "Peace with God is war with the world...To have peace with God is to begin to question the way of the world."
Craig and Cindy Corrie
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Craig and Cindy Corrie are the parents of Rachel Corrie who on March 16, 2003 was killed at the age of 23 by an Israeli military bulldozer as she stood to block the demolition of the home to Palestinian family in the Gaza town of Rafah. Cindy and Craig discuss Rachel’s life and her early commitments to help people; their visit to Rafah to seek answers for this killing and to better understand the daily struggle faced by the Palestinian people under Israeli military occupation that stirred the commitment of their daughter to this sacrifice.
Dr. C.T. Vivian, aide to Martin L. King, Jr., and Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy, Catholic priest and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, engage in a “Dialogue Among Prophets”. This is an exciting, energizing and enlightening interview in two parts. These episodes are not be overlooked!
Dr. C. T. Vivian and Rev. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_020.wmv
In Part I, Vivian and McCarthy share their varied experiences and insights about the connections of poverty and violence in our world where one person dies of starvation every 9 seconds, “If you want the most luxurious society in the world then you need to have the greatest military to protect it.”
Dr. C. T. Vivian and Rev. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_021.wmv
Part II.
Vivian and McCarthy engage us in a discussion of the clergy’s responsibility to teach the Gospel principles of justice, mercy and peace. Why is the church not standing up for those in the greatest need? “Where is the church in creating a society that works for the human spirit?How is God going to treat us as ministers when he looks at our ministries that remain silent to the core issues of justice, mercy and peace?” Vivian remarks, “We have the best Christianity that money can buy?” What does McCarthy mean when he compares church today to a Las Vegas prostitute? Tune in!
John J. Carmody
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John J. Carmody, neurobiologist and former U.S. Marine and holder of the Silver Star and two Purple Heart medals as a platoon captain in Viet Nam and presently Director of the Christian Center for Nonviolence. In this interview, John discusses the cultural nurturing that encouraged him to become a member of an elite warrior and also the influences that redirected him to become a committed advocate for non-violent love. How do we learn to love our enemies in a popular culture of revenge and violence? “The whole idea of Christian love is to suffer without retaliation. If we can return an act of insult with an act of kindness, then we have actually used the stimulus of evil to create an act of kindness that didn’t exist before. Also appearing during the interview is a musical presentation of The Milkshake Quartet featuring Christine Mayfield.
Billy Neal Moore
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_018.wmv
Billy Neal Moore spent 17 years on Georgia’s death row for a crime he did commit. Now a minister in Rove, Georgia, Billy recounts his life on death row and how Psalms 118:17 stopped his execution just 7 hours away from the electric chair. What did Mother Theresa tell the Chair of the Georgia Pardons Review Board about Billy Moore when he called her in Calcutta?
Rev. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy, Part 1
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_016.wmv
Fr. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy, Catholic priest, author/lecturer, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, former U.S. Marine and a committed advocate of the non-violent path of Jesus provides a powerfully candid discussion of the failings of the Christian church to reject nationalistic violence and follow the commandment to “Love your enemies.” (Parts 1 and 2)
In Part 1, Fr. McCarthy remarks that “In a community of cannibals it is difficult to raise the issue that cannibalism is against the will of God” to example how Christians have developed an acceptance of violence and have rejected Jesus as a consequence. “If we cannot know from the New Testament that Jesus rejected violence, then we can no nothing about his personal message.”
Rev. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy, Part 2
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_017.wmv
In Part 2, Fr. McCarthy uses the Nagasaki bombing, where an all Christian bombing crew led by a Catholic commander dropped the atomic bomb on the oldest and largest Catholic community in the orient, using the Nagasaki Cathedral as ground zero, as an example how the church is destroying itself by its acceptance and promotion of violence.
Sami Awad, Part 1
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_011.wmv
Sami Awad, Executive Director of The Holy Land Trust-Palestine, a resident of Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine and an advocate for the use of non-violent resistance to the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
In Part 1, Sami discusses what it is like to live and work under the Israeli occupation; the prospects for peace in the Middle East; The construction of the Israeli wall and how present day Palestine compares with the brutality of South African apartheid. Will non-violent resistance work in Palestine?
Sami Awad, Part 2
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_012.wmv
In Part 2, Sami continues the discussion of the use of non-violent resistance as a technique to confront the oppression and humiliation of the Israeli occupation. Listen to the personal and poignant narrative of being held hostage to the IDF. Why did the Israeli military commander in Bethlehem tell Sami that his nonviolent resistance efforts will not work.
John Stoner
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_010.wmv
John Stoner, National Coordinator for Every Church A Peace Church
In this conversation with Don Edwards, John discusses the origins of Every Church A Peace Church -- on the one hand, in the peace church traditions of the Mennonite, Church of the Brethren and Quaker faith communities, and on the other, in the activist history of the Black Freedom Movement. He speaks also of the goals of ECAPC.
Jerry and Sis Levin
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_009.wmv
Dr. Sis Levin is director of The Children of Abraham Project, in Bethlehem in the Occupied West Bank, sponsored by ECAPC and many friends. See http://www.ecapc.org/AAUJenin.aspJerry Levin was taken hostage as a CNN reported in Beirut, Lebanon in the mid 1980s. After his escape he embarked on a campaign of writing and lecturing, focusing on the futility of violence as a means of resolving conflict. He works full time with Christian Peacemaker Teams, most recently serving in The West Bank and Baghdad, Iraq.
Rev. Barbara King, Part 1
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_007.wmv
Dr. Barbara L. King, Author and Founder/Minister of Hillside Chapel and Truth Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
In Part 1, Dr. King discusses the founding of her “new thought” ministry and its mission to example a peaceful world through recognition that we are created as divine beings reflecting the peace and love of God. Where must the church begin to advocate for peace in the world?
Rev. Barbara King, Part 2
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_008.wmv
In Part 2, Dr. King continues the conversation about the focus of the Hillside ministry to recognize the divinity within. In this episode, “Dr. Barbara” answers the questions: “Where is the church in the issues of justice and peace? Where is the mission of Jesus reflected in our ministries and churches today? Why do so many of our churches preach the devil and Armageddon rather than love and justice: “Evil comes through man’s vain imagination. Jesus didn’t dwell on evil. Our churches must look to the inner core of Jesus’ message and begin using it.”
Dr. Rocco Errico, Part 1
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_002.wmv
Dr. Rocco A. Errico, author/scholar in the ancient near eastern culture and the language of Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus, and Associate Minister of Hillside Chapel and Truth Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
In Part 1, Dr. Errico discusses the Aramaic language spoken by Jesus and how western influences and interpretations have often lead to a misunderstanding of meanings of Jesus words and actions away from His consistent teachings of non-violent advocacy the unconditional love of all humanity. Listen to The Lord’s Prayer spoken in the language of Jesus and see if it changes your image of Jesus.
Dr. Rocco Errico, Part 2
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In Part 2, Dr. Errico continues to review the history of the language spoken by Jesus and some of 12,000 mistranslations present in the King James version of the Bible. What was Jesus’ mission? Why does Dr. Errico say that “Jesus had no theology”? and: “Humanity’s underlying belief is ‘might makes right’ and our political leadership reflects that belief.” Why did 9/11 happen? What is our present hope for humanity?
C. T. Vivian, Part 1
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_001.wmv
Dr. C.T. Vivian, a member of Dr. Martin King’s executive staff and long time advocate for justice, peace and non-violence activism discusses
In Part 1, Dr Vivian discusses his historic confrontation with Sheriff Jim Clark during the Selma, Alabama campaign to register black voters: “It takes radical love to defeat radical evil. If you are not ready to be radically loving, you will not defeat radical evil.” Also in this episode he talks of the largely absent role of the Christian church to be the vanguard leading us towards the love truth and justice that will lead to peace.
C. T. Vivian, Part 2
http://www.ecapc.org/media/video/ECAPC_004.wmv
In Part 2, Dr. Vivian discusses the Every Church A Peace Church movement and where the Christian church should stand in times of war and state violence: “Fundamental Christianity is love, truth, and justice. We must challenge every minister to preach it and be willing to pay the price that comes from preaching it in the face of a nation that wants to go to war” This episode also provides a discussion of the links between the peace movement with the southern black freedom struggle: “We must go from war being a normal thing to where the Christian church and Christians will not allow it to exist.”
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