I constantly ask this question three years into this journey of seeking to build a new community between strangers amidst the conflicts in Northeast Asia.  Reflecting back on the 2015 Nagasaki Forum, what answer do I provide?

I heard a Chinese peace practitioner say she has been involved in trauma healing for many years.  But until the Forum she had never learned the biblical gift and language of lament.   Here I see Christ, the one who also lamented, who cried out “My God, why has Thou forsaken me?”

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By Chris Rice, Reconcilers Blog

“If you place yourself in the majority, you would not be able to listen to their cries. Reconciliation will be realized when we step into a common burden by sharing pains.” 

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Faith and Leadership website, March 25, 2013

The Korean Peninsula is a divided land, long torn by hostility and enmity. But Christianity is a life-giving religion that can help write a new history even there, says the noted Korean-American church leader.

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Faith and Leadership website, February 25, 2013

Missionaries have often tried to recreate their version of church abroad. But for Christianity to flourish in another land, it must adapt in its own way, says a scholar on Christianity in China.

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Faith and Leadership website, January 14, 2013

Christians in Hong Kong wield influence beyond their small numbers, which is a blessing and a burden, says the dean of a seminary and president of the Methodist Church of Hong Kong.

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Faith and Leadership website, February 11, 2013

A pastor from Japan, where Christians are less than 1 percent of the population, says numbers are not important. What is important is to obey and to follow Jesus, honestly and faithfully.

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