Podcasts about preemptive love coalition

"The education world is more than just the academic content, and I grew to appreciate that more the longer I was in school."This week, we go through the first part of my conversation with Dr. Jim King, Director M.Sc. in Information Systems Program at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and Founder of Change University, a portal for information about homelessness, poverty, and hunger that promotes activities to address these issues through healthcare, education, human safety, and economic development activities. Dr. Jim is also a member of the International Committee for World Hunger Relief and a founding member of the Preemptive Love Coalition. Throughout this episode, you'll hear about the evolution of impact businesses and social enterprises, Dr. Jim King's passion for being in the classroom, how he uses it to promote change for good, and his views on social enterprises, not-for-profits, and NGOs. Dr. King also shares his thoughts on social enterprises and impact business trends, missionaries' work, and much more. In This Episode, You Will Learn:A bit about Dr. Jim King's background (3:30)A glimpse of Dr. Jim King's life as a professor (9:00)There's a reason to do what we do and a price to pay for it (14:20)Dr. King shares his thoughts on missionaries' work (17:00)About the new trends in impact businesses and social enterprises (22:40)Running sustainable for-profit businesses while having a strategy to do good (27:30)Resources:Quiz! What's Your Social Entrepreneur Style?Avant-garde Entrepreneur Podcast - Episode 9 - Where to Find a CoachAvant-garde Entrepreneur Academy WaitlistBook: Morgan Simon - Real Impact Michael Porter's Value ChainConnect with Dr. Jim King:WebsiteLinkedInLet's Connect!WebsiteLinkedIn:FacebookInstagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Talk World Radio we're speaking with two people who will be leading a training session on Nonviolent Communication Skills at the July 8-10 online NoWar2022 conference. That can be found at https://WorldBEYONDWar.org -- We're speaking with Saadia Qureshi and Nick Rea, both of whom work at the Preemptive Love Coalition, which can be found at https://preemptivelove.org -- Preemptive Love Coalition's mission is to end war and stop the spread of violence. Saadia Qureshi works as a Gathering Coordinator and Nick Rea works as a Workshops Coordinator at Prememptive Love. They are both from Florida. "Militarism + Machismo = Gun Violence in America" https://preemptivelove.org/blog/militarism-machismo-gun-violence-in-america

On today's program, news about the sex abuse case involving the Boy Scouts of America. Survivors appear to have rejected the settlement plan. And clergy burnout has become more acute in the era of COVID, but some pastors say sabbaticals are helping them and their families cope. And Proverbs 31 Ministries founder and president Lysa TerKeurst announced on social media Jan. 1 that she and her husband Art are getting divorced. We begin today with a story that we've been following here at MinistryWatch for more than two years, and that's the story of a ministry called Preemptive Love. The producers for today's program are Rich Roszel and Steve Gandy. We get database and other technical support from Cathy Goddard, Stephen DuBarry, Emily Kern, and Casey Sudduth. Writers who contributed to today's program include Anne Stych, Shannon Cuthrell, Bob Smietana, Paul Clolery, Audrey Jackson, and Randall Chase. Special thanks for The Christian Chronicle and The NonProfit Times for contributing material on this week's podcast. Until next time, may God bless you.

On today's program, news about the sex abuse case involving the Boy Scouts of America. Survivors appear to have rejected the settlement plan. And clergy burnout has become more acute in the era of COVID, but some pastors say sabbaticals are helping them and their families cope. And Proverbs 31 Ministries founder and president Lysa TerKeurst announced on social media Jan. 1 that she and her husband Art are getting divorced. We begin today with a story that we've been following here at MinistryWatch for more than two years, and that's the story of a ministry called Preemptive Love. The producers for today's program are Rich Roszel and Steve Gandy. We get database and other technical support from Cathy Goddard, Stephen DuBarry, Emily Kern, and Casey Sudduth. Writers who contributed to today's program include Anne Stych, Shannon Cuthrell, Bob Smietana, Paul Clolery, Audrey Jackson, and Randall Chase. Special thanks for The Christian Chronicle and The NonProfit Times for contributing material on this week's podcast. Until next time, may God bless you.

Today's episode is with peacemaker, author, speaker, and advocate Diana Oestreich and we discuss her book ” Waging Peace” and why this book spoke to me. I select some of my favorite passages of her book that resonated with my experience and is the story of so many active duty and veterans across the world. We discuss how we met and what it's like leaving the wilderness and connecting with others who desire friendship and community. Diana shares what it means to love people and treat people like they actually matter. We delve into the military industrial complex, military culture, and the culture of fear. Diana and I talk about the importance of naming sexual assault, suicide, racism, and other issues we witnessed and/or experienced. Diana Oestreich is a Combat Soldier turned Peacemaker. She heard God's call to love her enemies in the most unlikely place: on the battlefield of the Iraq war. Diana is an Activist, Veteran, Sexual assault nurse, and relentless practitioner of Peace. Whether speaking across the country or in Iran and Iraq or at her son's middle school in Minnesota she empowers us to identify political or religious divides to cross our own “enemy lines” in order to wage peace. Because Justice and Joy can't wait. Diana is the founder of The Waging Peace Project, a movement activating everyday peacemakers to commit acts of courage for the sake of justice + joy, rooted in a relentless belief in the power of love to transform ourselves and the world around us. Her first book was Amazon's #1 New Release in War and Peace. Waging Peace exposes the false divide between loving our country and living out our faith's call to love our enemies–whether we perceive our enemy as the neighbor with an opposing political viewpoint, the clerk wearing a head-covering, or the refugee from a war-torn country. By showing that us-versus-them is a false choice, this book will inspire each of us to choose love over fear. Diana, her partner Jake and their two sons, Bridger and Zelalem live along the shores of Gitche Gumme on unceded Ojibwe land. She is raising her Black son to know his worth and her white son to work for justice. They are an Ethiopian-American family woven together through adoption and a shared love for bad jokes and competitive card games. www.dianaoestreich.com https://www.dianaoestreich.com/waging-peace-project https://www.facebook.com/DianaKOestreich https://www.instagram.com/dianaoestreich Diana's work has been featured on: Government for Grown Ups by Sharon McMahon, For the Love Podcast with Jen Hatmaker, Preemptive Love Coalition, Red Letter Christians, Red River radio, Duluth News tribune, Veterans for Peace, League of Women Voters, American Association of University Women, Duke Endowment, National Rural Assembly, Alworth Center for the study of Peace and Justice studies, Micah Synagogue, Forging Peace Conference, Womens Speakers Collective, Rural Women's Summit, Community College of Denver Military Sexual Trauma Panel and many podcasts across the land.

If you've ever wondered how to make a real difference in the world, then do we have the Love Anyway show for you.   Today I'll be talking with Jeremy Courtney, one of the world's true heroes and the epitome of an open-hearted warrior, the founder and CEO of Preemptive Love Coalition, a relief and job creation community working to end war, and the author of one most powerful life changing and must read books, “Love Anyway”    That's just what I want to talk with him about today, about how and why to end war, the real work on the inside, and what in the world is pre-emptive love?   Key Points Discussed:  What did 9/11 mean to you? (03:25) How did grandpa no-no's path affect the trajectory of your life? (05:22) Seeing people do triple flips in war zones and former war zones: How love and pain changes us (08:03) The mission in Turkey and what it was all about (09:50) A Jesus way of living and how it cracked his heart (13:05) Experiencing a profound spiritual experience and stumbling into a higher way (15:08) What in the world made you visit Iraq? (20:26) What the people were like in Iraq and his journey of assimilating into the new norm (27:45) Who is brother B and how did he influence your life? (30:47) Loving first and asking questions later: Jeremy's brand of religion (35:10) What happened when the genocide started? (46:42) How responding quick in times of violence stops the spread of violence from one person to another (50:00) Can you carry us forward in the timeline of 2014 to approximately today in Iraq? (54:24) What do you mean by something is wrong with our maps and our way? (58:47) Diving in on the inside on an individual and group basis of seeing the richness within rather than just the topography that we think we're seeing on the surface (1:04:26) There are no victims on the other side of pre-emptive love (1:07:23)   To find out more visit: https://amzn.to/3bgVnM3 - Love Anyway: An Invitation Beyond a World that's Scary as Hell https://loveanyway.com/ https://amzn.to/3qULECz - Order Michael Sandler's new book, "AWE, the Automatic Writing Experience" www.automaticwriting.com  ……. Follow Michael and Jessica's exciting journey and get even more great tools, tips, and behind-the-scenes access. Go to https://www.patreon.com/inspirenation   For free meditations, weekly tips, stories, and similar shows visit: https://inspirenationshow.com/   We've got NEW Merch! - https://teespring.com/stores/inspire-nation-store   Follow Inspire Nation, and the lives of Michael and Jessica, on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/InspireNationLive/   Find us on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@inspirenationshow 

What if we ended 2020 with hope? What if God was truly at work in places all over the globe even in 2020? Today, we continue our December Series, Finding Hope Around the World. All this month, we will be interviewing leaders from all over the world to hear the stories of hope taking place around the globe EVEN IN the midst of a year like 2020. Today, you'll hear an interview with Jan Meyerson from The Preemptive Love Coalition. Preemptive Love stretches across Iraq, Syria, Latin America, the United States, and beyond, working together to unmake violence and create the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible. Together, we will discover the hope emerging around the world and be equipped to go out and create stories of hope in our own communities.

Today, August 5, 2020, Guru Jagat sat down with Jeremy Courtney, CEO and Co-Founder of Preemptive Love Coalition - a global organization working to bring aid as well as conversation and community to some of the war-torn areas on the planet. With the dust not even settled from yesterday’s blasts in Beirut, Jeremy’s team is on the ground doing what they have done since 2007: bringing food, providing shelter and starting the conversation so communities can heal and connect. In this critically relevant and deeply soulful conversation, Guru Jagat and Jeremy talk about starting his work in Iraq with a new baby in the midst of the war, getting beyond a “hero” self-concept, what it means to heal in intense unrest, and why you “love anyway.” Listen now.

Most of us think we already know what the Lord's Prayer is all about. But most of us are wrong. So wrong. Let us set you sinners straight. Plus, Jeremy Courtney, from Preemptive Love Coalition, is our Heretic of the Week!

Jeremy Courtney is founder and CEO of Preemptive Love Coalition, a "first in, last to leave" community of peacemakers who provide front lines relief and long-term development in Iraq, Syria, and other areas of polarizing conflict. He is the author of Preemptive Love: Pursuing Peace One Heart at a Time. Preemptive Love Coalition is regularly featured on CNN, FOX, ABC, NBC, PBS, CBS, Al-Jazeera, the BBC, and in The New York Times and USA Today. Jeremy has written for The Washington Post, TIME, and The Daily Beast.  Jeremy has lived in Iraq with his wife, Jessica, and their two children since the middle of the Iraq War.Bob's new book, Dream Big, is now available.------------------- Are you ready to start dreaming big? Click HERE to receive your free Dream Big Workbook. It's a user-friendly guide to defining your core values and fundamental beliefs- the essential building blocks to discovering in which dreams you should invest.  On the episode: Producers : Tatave Abeshyan Engineer : Jackson Carpenter Producer & Co-host : Scott Schimmel

Jeremy Courtney is founder and CEO of Preemptive Love Coalition, a “first in, last to leave” community of peacemakers who provide front lines relief and long-term development in Iraq, Syria, and other areas of polarizing conflict. He is the author of Preemptive Love: Pursuing Peace One Heart at a Time. Preemptive Love Coalition is regularly featured on CNN, FOX, ABC, NBC, PBS, CBS, Al-Jazeera, the BBC, and in The New York Times and USA Today. Jeremy has written for The Washington Post, TIME, and The Daily Beast.  Jeremy has lived in Iraq with his wife, Jessica, and their two children since the middle of the Iraq War.Bob’s new book, Dream Big,  is now available.Also on the episode:Producer: Tatave AbeshyanEngineer: Jackson CarpenterProducer & Co-host: Scott Schimmel

Jeremy Courtney is founder and CEO of Preemptive Love Coalition, a "first in, last to leave" community of peacemakers who provide front lines relief and long-term development in Iraq, Syria, and other areas of polarizing conflict. He is the author of Preemptive Love: Pursuing Peace One Heart at a Time. Preemptive Love Coalition is regularly featured on CNN, FOX, ABC, NBC, PBS, CBS, Al-Jazeera, the BBC, and in The New York Times and USA Today. Jeremy has written for The Washington Post, TIME, and The Daily Beast.  Jeremy has lived in Iraq with his wife, Jessica, and their two children since the middle of the Iraq War.Bob's new book, Dream Big,  is now available.Also on the episode:Producer: Tatave AbeshyanEngineer: Jackson CarpenterProducer & Co-host: Scott Schimmel

If you've ever wondered how to make a real difference in the world, then do we have the Love Anyway show for you. Today I'll be talking with Jeremy Courtney, one of the world's true heroes and the epitome of an open hearted warrior, the founder and CEO of Preemptive Love Coalition, a relief and job creation community working to end war, and the author of one most powerful life changing and must read books, “Love Anyway”  And that's just what I want to talk with him about today, about how and why to end war, the real work on the inside, and what in the world is preemptive love? Key Points Discussed:  What did 9/11 mean to you? (03:25) How did grandpa no-no's path affect the trajectory of your life? (05:22) Seeing people do triple flips in war zones and former war zones: How love and pain changes us (08:03) The mission in Turkey and what it was all about (09:50) A Jesus way of living and how it cracked his heart (13:05) Experiencing a profound spiritual experience and stumbling into a higher way (15:08) What in the world made you visit Iraq? (20:26) What the people were like in Iraq and his journey of assimilating into the new norm (27:45) Who is brother B and how did he influence your life? (30:47) Loving first and asking questions later: Jeremy's brand of religion (35:10) What happened when the genocide started? (46:42) How responding quick in times of violence actually stops the spread of violence from one person to another (50:00) Can you carry us forward in the timeline of 2014 to approximately today in Iraq? (54:24) What do you mean by something is wrong with our maps and our way? (58:47) Diving in on the inside on an individual and group basis of seeing the richness within rather than just the topography that we think we're seeing on the surface (1:04:26) There are no victims on the other side of preemptive love (1:07:23) Additional Resources: Love Anyway By Jeremy Courtney www.LoveAnyway.com www.AutomaticWriting.com ……. For free meditations, weekly tips, stories, and similar shows visit: www.InspireNationShow.com To support the show and get even more great tools, tips, and behind-the-scenes access, visit: www.Patreon.com/InspireNation And to follow Inspire Nation (and the lives of Michael and Jessica) on Instagram, go to www.Instagram.com/InspireNationLive And to follow Inspire Nation on Tik Tok simply go to InspireNationShow on Tik Tok

Who is your enemy? Who is your friend? To consider those questions we spend time with Jeremy Courtney, founder and president of Preemptive Love Coalition. Preemptive Love is a "coalition stretching across Iraq, Syria, the United States, and beyond, working together to unmake violence and create the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible." Lean in as Jeremy and Jessica work to re-frame the idea of good and evil, as well as help us understand some of the current conflicts around the globe—and how we can be a part of bringing peace. Show Links
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In this report the “Firestarters,” six women from around rural America, share stories of personal struggles and community victories as they work to build up and strengthen their home regions. The Firestarters spoke at the closing session of the Rural Women’s Summit, where over 200 women from throughout the nation came together in Greenville, SC, on October 27-29. The summit was designed to encourage and support rural women leaders, who often are on the front lines of community action but may not have the traditional titles, respect and resources of community leaders. Anna Claussen, a Minnesota farm girl and founder of Voices for Rural Resilience, introduces the Firestarters, and Diana Oestrich, Iraq War veteran and key relationships officer for the Preemptive Love Coalition, provides closing remarks. The Rural Women’s Summit was produced by the National Rural Assembly, part of the Center for Rural Strategies, which also publishes the Daily Yonder. #RuralWomenLead

This week's episode features a discussion about the new film about the organization Preemptive Love. Jeremy and Jessica started Preemptive Love Coalition during the middle of the Iraq War in in 2008. Over the past decade they have been a non-profit on the front lines, providing relief and serving and working for peace in conflict rich areas of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, Palestine and Israel, Korea and at the Mexico/U.S. border. Recently a short documentary was released that features their story and the work they do. My friend Charity hosted a viewing event to share this film with our community. We sat down to chat about what stood out to us about this documentary and to encourage you all to take a half an hour this week and watch it for yourself. Preemptive Love is doing some tremendous work and we want people to know about it.   First and foremost, watch this short film about Preemptive Love! And check out Preemptive Love's work, follow them on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.   Also Mentioned in this Episode: Preemptive Love Podcast episode “The Enemy” about Sadiq's story of loving his enemy

This Week on Seminary Dropout… Jeremy Courtney is founder and CEO of Preemptive Love Coalition, a “first in, last to leave” community of peacemakers who provide front lines relief and long-term development in Iraq, Syria, and other areas of polarizing conflict. He is the author of Preemptive Love: Pursuing Peace One Heart at a Time. […]

In a world racked with violence, most people flee the fight. Meanwhile, you can find Jeremy Courtney on the front lines of war-torn communities, and he didn’t end up there by accident. In this episode of For the Good, we get to hear from Jeremy Courtney, founder and CEO of Preemptive Love Coalition, talk with For the Good co-host, Sam Collier, about his journey to peacemaking and bringing unlikely people together. Get ready to be challenged, encouraged and equipped to use the influence you’ve been given for good.

The return of Jeremy Courtney, founder and CEO of Preemptive Love Coalition, to discuss his life in Iraq, catharsis, integration, counter-factual reports, and his new book Love Anyway.

The Guys Like Us Podcast is joined with Jeremy Courtney who is the founder and president of Preemptive Love Coalition and an author of several books. In this episode we discuss Jeremy’s backstory including his upbringing in Texas, moving to Turkey post 9/11, to then launching Preemptive Love in Iraq and expanding across the world. In this episode we discuss an overview of peacemaking and his approach to addressing needs in places of tension and conflict. You can learn more about his latest book, “Love Anyway: An Invitation Beyond a World that’s Scary as Hell” where books are sold (Sept. 24) and Preemptive Love at preemptivelove.org

Brett & Emily visit with Preemptive Love Coalition founder, Jeremy Courtney, and tackle a buffet of topics. They also talk about Jeremy's latest book release and Love Anyway podcast.

Babies begin to notice race at six months old. Children are paying attention. And as we’ve learned this season, what they hear the adults in their lives say and do⁠—or not say and do⁠—deeply influences the people they are⁠—and who they’ll become. Rapper and Preemptive Love's artist-in-residence Propaganda (Jason Petty), and his wife, university professor Dr. Alma Zaragoza-Petty, both of the Red Couch Podcast, join us for a candid conversation about parenting and talking to kids about race. In this episode, Propaganda and Alma share their experiences growing up as people of color, share ways they've talked about race and peacemaking with their children, and speak into what they want white parents to know about humility and allyship. Learn more.

How much should kids be involved in shaping our communities? Should we shield children from news about violence and war? In this episode, we attend a vigil with the Oestreich family, who believes community involvement is a core family value. Diana Oestreich has been the key relationships officer with Preemptive Love for nearly four years. Before that, Diana was a combat medic in the Iraq War. Her experience as a veteran shapes her views on everything, including how she and her husband Jake raise their kids Zelalem and Bridger. What does their commitment to showing up for their community look like? Recently, Diana and her sons joined their community at a local Lights for Liberty event, a vigil for children seeking asylum at the US-Mexico border, and they let us come along with them for this episode. Learn more.

Can kids be peacemakers? Preemptive Love founders Jeremy and Jessica Courtney share how living in Iraq has influenced how they raise their children. With host Erin Wilson, they explore how culture, technology, and war changed their perception of parenting—and invite us all to enter into difficult conversations with the young people in our lives. Their kids, Emma (14) and Micah (11), dive into their perspectives on growing up in Iraq, sharing thoughts on violence, media, and what makes home to them. Kids are often shielded from bad things, but what happens when that’s not possible? This episode also includes a call with Molly Goen, a teacher who confides what students taught her after they survived a traumatic act of violence in an Iraqi classroom. Young people absorb more than we might imagine, and they understand more than we may assume. When we examine what it looks like to love anyway, we often come up with complicated answers. But ask a kid in your life what it means to love anyway, and you might be surprised at the depth even simple responses bring to the conversation.

In the aftermath of September 11, Jeremy Courtney of Preemptive Love Coalition moved to the Middle East to serve in the midst of chaos and violence that would make most of us run the other way. Instead, his family chose to move toward the devastation, to be neighbors. Jeremy joined us on our Inside Giving podcast several months ago to give us an up-close and very personal look from the neighborhoods that are on the front lines in Syria and Iraq, where war and violence had destroyed whole towns "street by street by street." But, Jeremy says, “Violence doesn’t get the last word. We do. It seeks to drive us apart through fear. That’s why we have to show up on the front lines of conflict and love anyway.”

What makes home feel like home? As our work has shown us, restoring homes ruined by war is a first step to bringing whole communities back to life. Preemptive Love co-founder Jessica Courtney shares stories of her Iraqi and Syrian friends who have been displaced and are now remaking their homes. We also hear never-before-heard stories from the field, as Jessica shares her experiences of visiting homes that are being built after being destroyed by war. Learn more.

Most of us have a very Western idea of what it means to be a millennial. But we’re all more than stereotypes. We categorize each other into neat and tidy labels because, well, it’s easy. It’s a way to organize cultural ideas. Our social constructs act a way to help us try to understand the world. In this episode, we set those stereotypes aside for a minute and ask: What does life look like for the roughly 7 million millennials—women and men between the ages of 23 and 38—in Iraq? On Episode 5: The Millenials of Iraq, we find out. And if your primary picture of Iraq is what you've seen on TV, you might be in for a surprise. Learn more.

When we’re afraid, we build walls around ourselves. We yearn for protection. To feel safe. We hem ourselves in. And keep others away. But what happens when our felt safety comes at a cost? What happens when our fear of “the other” contributes to others not being protected...or safe? Who is “the other," anyway? How do we start deconstructing the walls around our hearts? Learn more.

How do we move past fear? Travel with producer Kayla Craig and her pastor husband Jonny as they visit a mosque in the middle of Iowa. Saadia Qureshi, Frontline Coordinator with Preemptive Love, shares her experience as a Muslim woman, chatting with Kayla about what to expect when visiting a mosque. Kayla talks with Shahed, a leader from their local Islamic Center, about why the mosque decided to host an open house for their community. And Preemptive Love editor Kim Mireau visits a Friday prayer service in Indiana with other non-Muslim friends Shannan Martin and Laura Pontius. We also hear from artist Propaganda, who confides his past hesitations about visiting a mosque. Learn more.

It’s easy to say love anyway. It’s a lot more challenging to live it. We might not all come face-to-face with a literal enemy who wants to kill us, but we all have chances to risk something on behalf of another, by stepping out in love, every single day.In this episode, we ask the questions: Is love worth the risk? And what does it really look like to love your enemy? In episode 1, we told you about the night our friends Sadiq and Ihsan nearly died delivering aid in the Iraq desert—one at the hands of ISIS, and the other when he was targeted by coalition air strikes, mistaken for ISIS. In this episode, "The Enemy," we share the story-behind-the-story: What happened just days before that longest night in the desert? It’s a true story almost too hard to imagine. Because when Sadiq stayed with the delivery trucks, it wasn’t the first time his life was affected by a close encounter with ISIS.

Writer, Speaker and Key Relationships Officer at the Preemptive Love Coalition, Diana Oestreich joins us for a conversation on what love actually looks like in public. In this Episode, we'll dive deep into how to respond to the big issues we see invading our twitter feeds and news channels every day. 

Life, homelessness, community, war, veterans affairs, life on the front lines, who Jesus is, who we are meant to be... seriously, we talk about everything on this little episode. Diana is a writer, a key relationships officer at Preemptive Love Coalition *my favorite organization you guys!*, a bad ass, and my new BFF. I hope you're as challenged and encouraged as I was talking to this real life Super Hero.Follow me on IG:@thevanessariveraMusic by:Eric Barnhart www.ericbarnhart.com

This past weekend, my family and I attended a vigil in Nashville to mourn the loss of the 50 men, women, and children who died in their place of worship in New Zealand. Muslims, Jews, and Christians gathered together to comfort our Muslim brothers and sisters and also to re-commit to pursuing a peace-filled world together. It was beautiful.  There was a local muslim leader that led parts of the vigil. Towards the end, she shared some ideas for how non-muslims can help dispel the widespread fears surrounding Muslims and Islam—otherwise known as Islamophobia. I found her ideas helpful and I was glad to know that I was already doing some of them. And I look forward to finding ways to implement the others. Here are two of her ideas: Meet a Muslim. It’s important to get to know about Islam from a Muslim. If you don’t know any Muslims living around you (I guarantee most of you do), google your local mosque. I’ve been to a few mosques and I’ve always been welcomed with open arms. And I know they’d be happy to meet you and to help you learn more about Islam.  Partake in local activities led by Muslims. Muslims are very active in the community so I’m sure there will be many ways for you to get involved.  Let me know if you end up taking this advice seriously. I’d really love to know about budding relationships and partnerships happening amongst the Let’s Give A Damn family as a result fo this tragedy. My guest today is Diana Oestreich. My goodness, Diana, is amazing! She is a war veteran, a sexual assault nurse examiner, a justice advocate, a recovering racist, AND the Key Relationships Officer at Preemptive Love Coalition. Preemptive Love’s work stretches across Iraq, Syria, the United States, and beyond. They work together to unmake violence and create the more beautiful world their hearts know is possible. They literally go where no one else will go. They’re amazing.  Follow Diana on Instagram. Also, make sure you're following Preemptive Love on Instagram. You’re going to love the work they’re doing.  ______________________________ Follow Let’s Give A Damn on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter to keep up with all that is going on. We have so much planned for the coming months and we don’t want you to miss a thing! And if you want to follow our host Nick Laparra—Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter. Support Let’s Give A Damn by sharing $5/month with us on Patreon. 100% of the money you contribute will go to making more podcasts. Not a dime goes into our pockets! Or you can leave us a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts! Every little bit helps. Thanks for all your help. Have an amazing week, friends! Love y’all! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Beth Bruno and Diana Oestreich discuss the surprising thing she found on the battlefield of Iraq. In the face of an Iraqi woman, Diana saw love and it woke her up to her own humanity. Now she works with Preemptive Love Coalition to bring peace to conflicted communities through job creation and relationship. **Connect with Diana:** [Website](http://www.dianaoestreich.com) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/oestreichdiana1) [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/dianaoestreich) [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/dianaoestreich) [Preemptive Love Coalition](https://preemptivelove.org/) [Go Shopping for Soap, Candles, and More](https://preemptivelove.shop/) **Connect with Beth**: [Instagram](https://instagram.com/bethhbruno) [Facebook](https://facebook.com/bethhillarybruno) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/bethhbruno) [Website](https://www.bethbruno.org) [Book](https://www.bethbruno.org/avoicebecoming/)

Welcome to The Lucky Few Podcast, friends! Thanksgiving is behind us and the holiday season is ahead! Struggling with gift ideas for your friends and family? We've got you covered. Listen along for the Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide, your inside look into this season's most meaningful gifts for everyone on your list! From personalized children's books to planners, tote bags, and sponsorships, each gift in our guide supports a company that makes the world a better place. This season, give gifts that shout the worth of people with Down Syndrome and bring joy to your children, your friends, and even parents of children with different abilities! But don't pay full price, we have coupon codes and more for all of our Lucky Few listeners! Happy shopping, friends! SHOW NOTES: GIFTS FOR KIDS Hey Wow Books: https://www.heywow.co/ Seek and find books that you personalize with your kids faces. Use code: hey10/luckyfew for 10% off your order! Electric Rose Toys: https://www.electricrosetoys.com/about.html Normalizing Down Syndrome and other different abilities with dolls and plush wheelchairs! 10% of all profits go directly to the Down Syndrome community. GIFTS FOR FRIENDS Lady and Beard: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ladyandbeard Gorgeous wooden earrings designed and created by a husband and wife duo who shout the worth of people with Down Syndrome! Holiday Cookie Boxes: http://holidaycookiebox.com/ Delicious ready-to-eat cookies shipped right to your door! Dance Happy Designs: http://www.dancehappydesigns.com/ Tote bags designed and screen-printed by three friends, one with Down Syndrome! GIFTS FOR MOTHERS OF CHILDREN WITH DIFFERENT ABILITIES Littlest Warrior's Advocate Like A Mother Tee: https://www.littlestwarrior.com/ The perfect t-shirt to rock at your child's next IEP meeting! Littlest Warrior donates 10% of sales every month to a family adopting a child with special needs. Save 10% with code: theluckyfew. The Glory Days Planner: https://theglorydaysco.com/ The perfect planner to help mothers navigate their child's diagnosis! A portion of all products sold are donated to the Down Syndrome Diagnosis Network. Ixchel Triangle Bags: https://ixcheltriangle.com/ One-of-a-kind bags crafted in Guatemala! Proceeds support artisans and families in Guatemala. Check out the bag inspired by The Lucky Few --> https://ixcheltriangle.com/collections/the-lucky-few/products/the-lucky-few-coban-14 GIFTS THAT ARE SHIFTING THE NARRATIVE AND CHANGING THE WORLD Can't Read, Can't Write, Here's My Book: https://www.heresmybook.com/ Authored by a man with Autism who used the speech-to-text function on his iPad to write his own book! Proceeds support Special Olympics and Community Living. Preemptive Love Coalition: https://preemptivelove.org/ Purchase beautiful apparel, candles, soaps and more to unmake violence and create jobs for refugees in war town areas. 99 Balloons: https://99balloons.org/ Helping people with different abilities live a full life by proclaiming the worth and beauty of each and every human being. Just $33/month sends a child with a different ability to school in Haiti, Uganda, or Southern Asia. SHOW SPONSOR Little Passports: Inspire Your Child to Learn About the World! (Visit https://www.littlepassports.com/lucky/ for special offers and more!) CHECK OUT HEATHER'S NEW BOOK Scoot Over and Make Some Room: Creating a Space Where Everyone Belongs by Heather Avis is available for pre-order on Amazon --> https://www.amazon.com/Scoot-Over-Make-Some-Room/dp/0310354838/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543220124&sr=8-1&keywords=scoot+over+and+make+some+room ADVOCATE LIKE A MOTHER PODCAST: https://www.littlestwarrior.com/pages/advocate-like-a-mother-podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theluckyfewpod/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/theluckyfewpod/support

We kick off season three with an extra special conversation with one of our friends at Preemptive Love Coalition! Jessica Courtney, co-founder and Vice President of International Programs for Preemptive Love Coalition, joins Kayla Craig and Lindsy Wallace to discuss unmaking violence and pursuing a more beautiful world. With heart and humility, Jessica shares her personal stories of what it’s like to learn from her Iraqi neighbors. In this episode, we: Learn about PLC’s history and how the organization has evolved; Hear why Jessica and her family decided to move to Iraq, despite the risks; Share how we can hold onto hope in a volatile and scary world; and Learn how we can get involved in PLC’s mission. Recommended reading & resources: Support PLC: https://www.purecharity.com/preemptivelove “Cynical” song by Propaganda: https://genius.com/Propaganda-cynical-lyrics “Preemptive Love: Pursuing Peace One Heart at a Time” book by Jeremy Courtney News & Notes: We’re excited to see many of you in Chicago on Sept. 21-22 for our first-ever live event, The Upside Down Gathering! We’ll be joined by Preemptive Love Coalition’s key relationships officer Diana Oestreich, who will share more stories about unmaking violence and lead us all toward a posture of peace. Even if you didn’t get a ticket, if you live in or near Chicago, you’re still welcome to join us on Saturday night, for a free concert with Micah Bournes. Follow us on Instagram throughout the weekend for behind-the-scenes content! If you’d like to support us to keep Upside Down Podcast ad-free, please visit upsidedownpodcast.com/give, where you can pledge a few dollars of monthly support to help us pay our bills and keep the conversations going. Links: @preemptivelove @jessicajcourtney http://www.upsidedownpodcast.com/ Join the Upside Down Tribe on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/upsidedowntribe/?fref=nfSupport the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

Ps Rob has an inspiring interview with Jeremy Courtney from Preemptive Love Coalition, which covers Jeremy’s work in Iraq.

Is there a place for art in devastated places? Join Jeremy Court, founder of the Preemptive Love Coalition, as he talks about the impact of art and story from his perspective on the front lines of providing aid in some of the most war-torn parts of the world. Hear him discuss how imagination threatens groups like ISIS as well as how making soap brought hope and transformation to an entire community. Make sure to stick around after the interview for the special segment in Season 2, “The Creative Compass”.

Matthew Distefano (Heretic Happy Hour podcast, subscribe HERE) joins us to talk about his new book: "Heretic!: An Lgbtq-Affirming, Divine Violence-Denying, Christian Universalist's Responses to Some of Evangelical Christianity's Most Pressing Concerns" from Quoir Publishing. Get it HERE. We talk about "dabbling" in atheism, Christian universalism, what being LGBT affirming means to him, marijuana, what following Christ looks like for him practically & more. Plus, we get caught up on listener feedback. During April 2018 all proceeds from Matthew's book are being donated to the Preemptive Love Coalition ("We’re a coalition stretching across Iraq, Syria, the United States, and beyond, working together to unmake violence and create the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible.") Get in touch with Matthew: http://www.allsetfree.com/ - https://www.facebook.com/matthew.distefano.7 -Subscribe to Bros Bibles & Beer on Apple Podcasts-Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!-https://www.facebook.com/brosbiblesbeer-https://twitter.com/brosbiblesbeer-https://www.brosbiblesbeer.com-Instagram: @brosbiblesbeer-Email: brosbiblesbeer@gmail.comBros Bibles & Beer is: Mr. Jeff Pearson, Mr Scott "the scoot" Hulbert & Mr. Zack KraterEdited by: Zack KraterFind us wherever fine podcasts are distributed. Oh, and tell a friend!Grace. Peace. Cheers!

Jesus said, "blessed are the peacemakers", but what does it look like to actually live as one? Lindsy, Kayla, and Shannon are joined by guest co-host and professional peacemaker Diana Oestreich of Preemptive Love Coalition in this bold episode. We discuss Diana's life-changing story, how peacemaking differs from peacekeeping, and small ways that we can all work to be peacemakers in our own lives.Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/upsidedownpodcast)

In Episode 63, you will hear from Jeremy Courtney, Founder and Executive Director of Preemptive Love Coalition and author of Preemptive Love. For full show notes, please visit www.thinkorphan.com

My conversation with Jeremy Courtney impacted me so deeply. Jeremy is the founder of Preemptive Love Coalition. He and his family live outside of Mosul, Iraq. You can't follow Jeremy or Preemptive Love for very long on social media before realizing that these friends are the real deal. They are not bullshitting about the work they do and the intense situations they are surrounded by each day as they pour their lives out for the precious people of Iraq, Syria, and beyond. I hope our conversation impacts you as deeply as it has impacted me. Follow Jeremy Courtney on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Follow Preemptive Love on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. If you’d like to be involved in the work they’re doing, consider giving a one-time or monthly donation. Your money will be put to incredible use, I can assure you. Follow Let’s Give A Damn on Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter to keep up with all that is going on. We have so much planned for the coming months and we don’t want you to miss a thing! And if you want to follow Nick Laparra—Facebook, Instagram, & Twitter. Support Let’s Give A Damn by contributing the monthly amount of your choice on Patreon. 100% of the money you contribute will go to making more podcasts. Not a dime goes into our pockets. Much love to you and yours! Can’t wait to share another story with y’all next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Violence unmakes the world, but preemptive love has the power to unmake violence." Jeremy Courtney is the founder and CEO of the Preemptive Love Coalition, which brings relief to families fleeing war in Syria and Iraq. They help refugees rebuild their lives. And we provide lifesaving medical care for children in conflict zones.  Jeremy and his wife Jessica moved to New York City just after 9/11, then to Istanbul, and finally to Iraq during the Iraq War in 2006. Their story is less heroic than it is humble; they have simply fallen in love with the Iraqi people, so they are in it for the long haul because in their words, the Iraqi people are "our people." Enjoy.  Become a monthly sponsor of Preemptive Love. Read Jeremy's book, Preemptive Love. Read Jeremy's article in the Washington Post: The World is Scary as Hell. Love Anyway. 

This week, Jesus Culture singer and worship leader Kim Walker-Smith joins us to discuss the songs that have changed her life and shaped her as an artist. We also talk with Preemptive Love Coalition founder Jeremy Courtney about the conflict unfolding in Mosul and how you can help the people of Iraq.

This week, Jesus Culture singer and worship leader Kim Walker-Smith joins us to discuss the songs that have changed her life and shaped her as an artist. We also talk with Preemptive Love Coalition founder Jeremy Courtney about the conflict unfolding in Mosul and how you can help the people of Iraq.

In the heart of conflict, there is only one kind of love big enough to change a nation: a love that strikes first. Jeremy Courtney is the founder of Preemptive Love Coalition, a development organization that works across Iraq providing lifesaving surgeries for children and more recently responds to the daily needs of those living in the shadow of ISIS. He is also the author of Preemptive Love, a book that invites you to walk along the front lines of the struggle for peace with Jeremy in a firsthand account of his team's quest to mend hearts and save lives in the world's most notorious war-torn country. Jeremy hosts conversations about peacemaking and Muslim-Christian relations and shares stories of love and hope from the front lines of Syria and Iraq, where he has lived for over a decade with his wife and two children.

We're in the middle of the largest refugee crisis since World War II, and it's easy to feel overwhelmed by what is happening all over the world. As we consider how we can respond both in action and in awareness, we hope you're encouraged by these two conversations with Richard Stearns of World Vision and Jeremy Courtney of Preemptive Love Coalition. 

Today Preston is talking with Jeremy Courtney, who is the President & Founder of Preemptive Love Coalition. Preemptive Love is a global movement of peacemakers changing the way we engage the world’s most polarizing conflicts by confronting fear with acts of love. They provide lifesaving Heart Surgeries for children, emergency relief for families victimized by ISIS, education for at-risk children and much more. You can learn more about Preemptive Love Coalition and even give at preemptivelove.org. You can follow Preemptive Love on Twitter @preemptivelove You can tweet at Jeremy Send a question to Preston, or his daughters, by emailing chris@prestonsprinkle.com Follow him on Twitter @PrestonSprinkle Support Preston by going to patreon.com

Amanda is a Jesus-loving, adventure-seeking humanitarian who has recently relocated from the U.S. to Iraq where she works with an empowerment program for refugee women as part of Preemptive Love Coalition. A southern hippie who hails from Texas, Amanda loves good coffee, local food, extreme sports, creating, dancing, and Willie Nelson. She has lived all over (Texas, Colorado, North Carolina, Kenya, Ethiopia and Zambia) and has worked in every type of job under the sun, including stints in church planting, orphan care, disaster and humanitarian relief, medical outreach and photojournalism/storytelling. Right now, she's just trying to follow wherever Jesus leads.   Find the show notes and resources mentioned in this episode, here: http://www.merrittonsa.com/podcast/28 Help support the needs of refugees from Aleppo: preemptivelove.org/aleppo   Join the Wild and Free Book Club, starting Dec. 29, 2016 http://www.merrittonsa.com/wildfreebookclub Write a review on iTunes Write a review on Stitcher

Are you staying warm today my friends? I hope so. And I also hope that as the Christmas season settles in over you and your family that you are able to take a deep breath and remember that God continues to accomplish His purposes in the world in spite of all the deep struggles and pain

This week on the show, Empire of the Sun joins us to talk about their new album, Two Vines, and Preemptive Love Coalition founder

This week on the show, Empire of the Sun joins us to talk about their new album, Two Vines, and Preemptive Love Coalition founder

This week, Donald Trump Jr. compared refugees to poisonous skittles, Facebook came clean about how popular their videos actually are, Yahoo got hacked and the 5-second rule got debunked.   Hosted by: Josh Babyar ... @joshbabyar Alyssa McNally ... @alyssaamcnally Chad Michael Snavely ... @chad_michael Tyler Huckabee ... @tylerhuckabee   Connect with Gradient: Web ... Gradient.is Twitter ... @gradientdotis Facebook ... /gradientdotis   Show Notes: Story Five: Two separate shootings of unarmed black man kept this nation’s most infuriating, tragic national narrative alive. http://grdnt.is/2cXEHNS Story Four: The five-second rule is done for good: http://grdnt.is/2cXE9ar Story Three: Yahoo got hacked this week, which begs the question: if you got hacked, how would you want to get hacked? http://grdnt.is/2cXXruK Story Two: Facebook’s reporting on how successful its videos are was just slightly off. Just slightly. http://grdnt.is/2cNCfIH Story One: Jeremy Courtney of Preemptive Love Coalition joins us to chat about what the refugee situation is really like: http://grdnt.is/2db12ZI

Jeremy Courtney is my guest on episode #6 of the @ Sea Podcast. Along with his wife Jessica, he is the founder of the Preemptive Love Coalition, an organization describing themselves as “a global movement of peacemakers changing the way the world engages polarizing conflict by confronting fear with acts of love.”  Here’s why I’ve […]

Matthew Willingham of 'Preemptive Love Coalition' joins Jerod to discuss the difficulties of providing aid to people effected by war and conflict. According to the PLC website Matthew is the "Senior Field Editor and writes primarily on politics, history, general updates and visual peacemaking through photography and film."

Matthew Willingham of 'Preemptive Love Coalition' joins Jerod to discuss the difficulties of providing aid to people effected by war and conflict. According to the PLC website Matthew is the "Senior Field Editor and writes primarily on politics, history, general updates and visual peacemaking through photography and film."

On this episode of the Catalyst Podcast, James Vore and Jeremy Courtney discuss the work Preemptive Love Coalition is doing in Iraq, and what we can learn from it wherever we are leading. 

Ken Coleman catches up with Ann Voskamp and talks about hearing God's calling and how to model Christ with your kids. Then, Lindsay van Zyl talks with Jeremy Courtney, founder and executive director of Preemptive Love Coalition, an organization that helps Iraqi children get lifesaving heart surgery.

On this week’s podcast, singer/songwriter & worship leader Phil Wickham stops by for a live, acoustic, in-studio performance. He plays us two songs from his brand new album, “The Ascension,” and you can watch the video of one of his performances below. We also talk to Jeremy Courtney, founder and executive director of the Preemptive Love Coalition, and author of the new book Preemptive Love: Pursuing Peace One Heart

On this week's podcast, singer/songwriter & worship leader Phil Wickham stops by for a live, acoustic, in-studio performance. He plays us two songs from his brand new album, “The Ascension,” and you can watch the video of one of his performances below. We also talk to Jeremy Courtney, founder and executive director of the Preemptive Love Coalition, and author of the new book Preemptive Love: Pursuing Peace One Heart--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/relevant-podcast/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/relevant-podcast/support See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

If performing heart surgery isn't difficult enough, try doing it in the war-torn country of Iraq. Jeremy Courtney is the executive director of Preemptive Love Coalition, a non-profit that provides medical training for Iraqi physicians and heart surgeries for children in Iraq. He makes a compelling case for extending a helping hand first and asking questions later. In the process of mending hearts, he is mending cultural discord, unmaking violence, and living out the call of Jesus to be a peacemaker.

This week our featured artist is the Green River Ordinance and RITOTW is the Preemptive Love Coalition