HOW TO BE A PEACEMAKER

In this episode of Peacemakers Podcast, Yonathan Moya interviews Liberatus Founder Caleb Paxton. They talk about how the June 2019 trip to the US-Mexico border came about, one of the defining moments of the trip, and what it means to be a peacemaker in a political context. And of course, they discuss the Liberatus Kickstarter to produce Volume One and the team behind it. You can listen to the interview here, or back Liberatus Journal Volume One on Kickstarter here.

Liberatus is a community journal on wholeness in politics, giving us inspiration to overcome us vs them narratives and become Americans the next generation will love.

Peacemakers is an interview-style podcast that celebrates world-changers and those who are bringing hope and peace to those around them. It’s made available by Border Perspective, one of the new partner organizations of Liberatus. After the Kickstarter campaign, 20% of donations made in support of print* will fund partner organizations giving peace a voice across the United States.

Border Perspective partners with ministry leaders and organizations to host conversations on social and biblical issues that help equip the church to love our neighbor the way God intended.

The main feature of Liberatus Volume One includes a story on Yonathan Moya and a nine-day trip that launched Border Perspective in 2017.

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“I understand the security issues because I’ve had run-ins with the cartels,” Yonathan says, moments after we climb into our rental car and begin a three-day tour of the border area.”

“So to us, the border is about much more than just a structure,” Yonathan says into the camera in the video that launched their nine day tour of the entire US-Mexico border. “It’s culture, a way of living. It’s not entirely the US; it’s not Mexico. The border is unlike any other place….”

“And we’ve realized that a lot of people we interact with haven’t had the opportunity to travel there, or to get to know someone who grew up in this region of the country. But yet, many people hold strong ideas of what they think life on the border is like, or whether or not a wall should be built.”

“If the church isn’t welcoming them, then who is?" Hugo Moya asks us after dinner that evening after we returned from a day of touring the borderlands. He’s speaking about the thousands of migrants who come to the US requesting asylum.”

For inspiration for the journey to overcome us vs them narratives and become Americans the next generation will love, back Liberatus Volume One on Kickstarter. When you back it for $5 or more, we’ll include your answer to the question, “What does peace sound like?” in the final print volume and here on the online journal. Peace be with you!

Photography by Anastasia Waltschew and Border Perspective.

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Liberatus is a community journal on wholeness in politics, giving us inspiration to overcome us vs them narratives and become Americans the next generation will love.

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