The Peace Lab

AMBS students Rianna Isaak and Benjamin Isaak-Krauss drop by the Peace Lab to talk about the Poor People's Campaign, how it's impacting states across the nation and why they got involved.

Lisa Schirch drops by the Peace Lab to talk about the ethics of Peacebuilding that guide her work and how they are applied to Israel/Palestine, the military and other centers of conflict. You can go to Lisa's website to read the "10 Ethics of Peacebuilding" and much more: https://lisaschirch.wordpress.com/

Joy Yoon, a friend and partner of ReconciliAsian, has served in North Korea on and off for more than a decade. She comes to the PeaceLab to talk about life on the ground in North Korea and how prayer is bringing peace within reach.

Melissa and Jason talk about the stress that tax day brings for Mennonites and chat with John Stoner about what exactly does belong to Caesar.

PeaceLab is back! Come meet our new co-host and stay for a conversation with Janna Hunter-Bowman, Assistant Professor of Peace Studies and Christian Social Ethics at AMBS.

Horace McMillon, Pastor of Open Door Mennonite Church in Jackson, Mississippi, talks about gun violence in the United States and what it would take to change things.

Joel Miller and Austin Junhke come to the PeaceLab to discuss how Columbus Mennonite Church became a place of sanctuary and hope for a community member targeted by ICE(Immigration and Customs Enforcement)

Titus Peachey discusses the effects of war in Laos and how peacebuilding can be a long-term project.

Luke Miller, one of the leaders of the Pink Menno movement and a member of the Brethren Mennonite Council for LGBT Interests, talks with Hannah Heinzekehr about the Future Church Summit and the Mennonite Church USA Convention in Orlando this summer.

Hannah and Jason talk with Lars Åkerson and Chris Agoranos of The Life Lines Collective, a podcast featuring poetry and spoken word pieces written, read and created by writers living on death row.

Kevin King, executive director of Mennonite Disaster Service, talks with Jason and Hannah from Texas. King was part of an assessment team in Texas last week beginning to assess damage from Tropical Storm Harvey and working to plan for recovery efforts.

Sarah Thompson, executive director of Christian Peacemaker Teams, talks with Hannah Heinzekehr about her role training counter-protestors in Charlottesville, Virginia, the work of Christian Peacemaker Teams and confrontational nonviolence.

Can a peace church attract new people without watering down what makes it distinct? What can churches do to be more friendly to people looking for a new church? What's your elevator speech? We answer these questions and more with Meghan Good, Teaching Pastor at Trinity Mennonite Church in Phoenix, AZ.

Hannah Heinzekehr from PeaceLab joins forces with Bill Seymour of the Ohio Conference Cast to interview Alison Brookins and Ted Swartz about their new play, "Discovery: A Comic Lament."

Jason and Hannah sit down with Isaac Villegas, Pastor of Chapel HIll (North Carolina) Mennonite Fellowship, to talk about mass incarceration, prison ministry, the upcoming Mennonite Church USA Future Church Summit, church unity and more.

Tammy Alexander, senior legislative associate for the Mennonite Central Committee Washington D.C. office, and Saulo Padilla, immigration education coordinator for Mennonite Central Committee U.S., join Hannah and Jason to talk about immigration legislation, the current situation in the United States and ways churches and individuals are getting involved in education and advocacy.

Jenny Perez Castro, coordinator of the Women in Leadership Project for Mennonite Church USA, hosts this edition of the PeaceLab. She talks with Calenthia Dowdy, Regina Shands Stoltzfus and Sue Park Hur about the recent definition of a peace church developed by leaders of color in Mennonite Church USA and about what its like to be women of color and leaders in Mennonite contexts.

Senior Professor of Peace Theology at Eastern Mennonite University Ted Grimsrud joins us to discuss "The Benedict Option", a new book that examines how Christianity should respond to the changing culture.

Hannah and Jason are joined by Michelle Armster and Iris de Leon-Hartshorn to talk about news around the world and throughout the United States. They discuss Anabaptist responses and Christian perspectives on peace and justice work.

Special correspondent Wil Laveist checks in from the SENT church planting conference and talks with three church planters. Hear their stories, learn how peace plays a part in plating churches and more on this episode of PeaceLab.

Hannah Heinzekehr of The Mennonite, Inc. interviews Julia Schmidt, a seminary student committed to launching an immigration resource center in Elkhart County, Indiana. Photo by The Goshen News/Jay Young. Used with permission.

Jonathan Brenneman has a unique Mennonite Voluntary Service position. It's focused on helping MCUSA engage deeply with the Israel-Palestine conflict. In this episode of PeaceLab, Jonathan talks about his role, the new resolution on Israel-Palestine, his history with the region and more.

In this episode of the PeaceLab podcast, Hannah Heinzekehr interviews Jamie Ross and Jamie Pitts, co-editors of the Anabaptist Witness journal.

Donna Minter of the Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute talks with us about trauma, how it robs us of our peace, and how we might reclaim it.

Ben Wideman talks about 3rd Way Collective (a unique Mennonite experiment on the campus of Penn State University),working with millennials and his own call to being a campus pastor.

Hannah Heinzekehr interviews Mark Schloneger, pastor of North Goshen Mennonite Church in Indiana and one of the co-founders of the Election Day Communion movement.

Hannah Heinzekehr interviews Professor Drew Hart about his new book, Trouble I've Seen: Changing the Way the Church Views Racism and his work as an AnaBlacktivist.

The PeaceLab Podcast, Episode 02. An interview with Marty Troyer of Houston Mennonite Church and author of "The Gospel Next Door " October 10, 2016.

The PeaceLab Podcast, Episode 01. An interview with Erica Littlewolf of Mennonite Central Committee Central States. October 3, 2016.