Waging Peace in Our Intractable Conflict is a podcast of portions of the Sunday morning worship service and the sermon at Laguna Presbyterian Church. Dr. Salim Munayer is our guest preacher this morning. Our sermon text is 2 Cor 5:16-21. We are reading from the NRSV.

Dr. Salim J. Munayer is the Founder and Executive Director of Musalaha Reconciliation Ministries, which works with Messianic-Jewish and Arab-Palestinian Christians to promote peace and reconciliation. He began this work in 1990 during the First Intifada. Since then, Musalaha has been recognized worldwide for its model of promoting reconciliation and understanding among women, children, and young adults through teaching, conferences, and desert encounters. Participants then influence their communities by forgiving others and encouraging reconciliation. Salim has also served on the faculty of Bethlehem Bible College since its founding in 1979. He is the author of five books and several articles on reconciliation, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and Christian-Palestinian identity.