Reconciliation Writings

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Letter from Canon Dr Stephen Davis, Director, International Centre of Reconciliation, March 15th, 2006.

A Farewell Note from Oliver Schuegraf, Co-ordinator of the Community of the Cross of Nails, who is leaving Coventry to return to Germany. March 6th, 2006.

Letter from Canon Dr Stephen Davis, Director, International Centre of Reconciliation, October 10th, 2005.

Oliver Schuegraf's sermon at St. Paul's Chapel on September 11th, 2005, New York City, at the Cross of Nails presentation ceremony presentation to St. Paul’s Chapel.

The Cross of Nails – Symbol of Reconciliation, an article by Bernard Nolan published in the monthly parish newsletter of Christ Church, Alexandria, VA in  2003.

Open letter to President George W. Bush published in The Atlanta Constitution on January 16, 2003, from  Theophus "Thee" Smith, associate professor of religion at Emory University and priest associate at the Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta.  NOTE:  No longer available online.

The purpose of Father, Forgive the Terrorists? is "to encourage debate among readers as to whether mutual forgiveness and reconciliation are not only Christian and morally right, but also the most practical way substantially to reduce terrorism in the world today. And having debated, to act."  The Very Rev. A. H. Dammers, retired Dean of Bristol Cathedral and former Canon for Education, Coventry Cathedral, England.

Africa Rising in our Souls, by The Rev. Stephen R. Stanley, describes his recent "pilgrimage [to South Africa] called “Spirit, Soil and Voice” to be bound up in a delicate and transitory network of interdependence with each other and with those who were recently liberated from three centuries of enslavement."  June 16, 2002 at Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Truth+Forgiveness=Reconciliation, by the Very Rev. James Diamond, Dean, Christ Church Cathedral, Cincinnati, at the Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, North Carolina on January 20, 2002.

A sermon focusing on Failure and Hope given at Christ Church Cathedral, Cincinnati, by the Bishop of Coventry, the Rt. Rev. Bishop Colin Bennetts and the Rev. Canon Andrew White, Director International Centre of Reconciliation, Coventry Cathedral, on October 28, 2001.

The Golden Rule, with roots in a wide range of world cultures, is well suited to be a standard to which different cultures could appeal in resolving conflicts.  "Every religion emphasizes human improvement, love, respect for others, sharing other people's suffering. On these lines every religion had more or less the same viewpoint and the same goal." The Dalai Lama

On Waging Reconciliation:  Statement from Bishops of the Episcopal Church Released by the Office of the Presiding Bishop, September 26, 2001

In the weeks that followed September 11, The Community.Com received the statements of 17 of the living Nobel Peace Prize winners. The Peacemakers Speak brings a range of wisdom and experience to the discussion that is not available elsewhere.

A Reflection on the Work of Peace by The Rev. Stephen R. Stanley, Associate for Campus Ministry, Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, NC., March 2001.

January 15, 2001, The Ministry of Reconciliation: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King by The Honorable James A. Joseph, Director of the United States--Southern Africa Center for Leadership and Public Values. 

I Was Not Prepared by Rev. Linda Carder, Christ Congregational Church, Colesville, MD, June 2000.

The Journal of the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale reflects on the theme of reconciliation and a visit to Coventry, Summer 2000.