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Introduction:
Justice
Ruth Hutchinson
Comment:
Be Not Deceived...
David McMillan
From
the Director
David Porter
From
Just Us to Justice
Duncan Morrow
Right
Relationships or Justice
Brian Lennon
The
Truth, the Whole Truth
Alwyn Thomson
Walking
for Ministers
Graham Cheesman
Dealing
with the Pain
David Bolton
The
Case for Human Rights
Martin O’Brien
What’s
Wrong with Rights?
Alwyn Thomson
JUSTICE
Over recent months the ECONI staff team has been considering how best
to develop the aims and ethos of our organisation as we move ‘beyond 2000’.
In a past issue of this magazine our director David Porter said, 'The
road to peace and healing will be a long journey on which some of the
most difficult issues still remain to be resolved.' For the last three
years our aim has been summed up in the phrase ‘Resourcing
Christians for a Biblical Response’. As we took to the future,
we hope to consolidate and develop this ministry in ways which are biblically
informed and which help us to engage with the hurts and issues facing
our divided community. Our focus can be summed up as ‘Thinking
Biblically - Building Peace’.
The theme of this issue is justice. Those engaged in peace building initiatives soon find themselves talking of justice. Many in the community state that there can be no peace without it, but their definitions are often widely divergent. The contributors to this issue have sought to present different aspects of justice. Articles include a piece on dealing with the pain of our shared tragedy, and also two very differing views on human rights. In a lighter vein, Graham Cheesman has some good advice for the holiday season, and David McMillan’s comment addresses a subject which has become more and more relevant to summer months in Northern Ireland.
Thank you for responding to the Readers’ Survey which was included in the last issue. We intend to publish a summary of the results later in the year. It is still not too late to send your response, that is if you can find the survey sheet! We shall be pleased to receive completed surveys until the end of July.
Ruth Hutchinson -- Assistant Editor
ECONI WELCOMES the submission of unsolicited articles, but does not guarantee publication, and manuscripts cannot be returned. Opinions expressed in the magazine are those of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of ECONI. Permission to reprint any original article in Lion & Lamb should be sought from the Editor.
Editor
Derek Poole
Asst Editor Ruth Hutchinson
Design Colin Maguire
Cover Spring Graphics
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