“I'm fighting for your freedom and my freedom. We must have Brave conversations. We must find out what we don't know. Waging peace requires that we have the courage to face what's broken first- in ourselves-and then in the system… — Diana Oestreich Copy Share Image
“If choosing to love first can change enemies into friends on the battlefield of Iraq, I know that it can right here, in our… — Diana Oestreich Copy Share Image
“You can build something new, one person, one relationship, one meal at a time. You can build friendships instead of watering the flowers alongside… — Diana Oestreich Copy Share Image
“I'll never stop acknowledging the pain of others, because empathy is the flashlight leading us toward wholeness and healing. If we ignore those in… — Diana Oestreich Copy Share Image
“Love is what I'm arming my sons with to go out in an angry and hurting world.” — Diana Oestreich Copy Share Image
“Waging peace means we erase lines that tell us whose children are worthy to survive and whose children are disposable.” — Diana Oestreich Copy Share Image
“Showing up when violence wounds a community is what love looks like in public. Loving first, with our presence instead of only our prayers,… — Diana Oestreich Copy Share Image
“The amount of violence against another human being we are willing to accept is a litmus test for our own freedom.” — Diana Oestreich Copy Share Image
“It's our responsibility to sift the beliefs we've been given through the lens of self-sacrificing love- because it's not love if it only serves… — Diana Oestreich Copy Share Image
“We were outsider, yes, but insiders to a hard-won truth: giving your life away is the only way to truly find it. Loving our… — Diana Oestreich Copy Share Image
“I'm fighting for your freedom and my freedom. We must have Brave conversations. We must find out what we don't know. Waging peace requires… — Diana Oestreich Copy Share Image
“Love is what I'm arming my son's with to go out in an angry and hurting world. This is the truest gift I can… — Diana Oestreich Copy Share Image
“Violence isn't only bombs and bullets, it can be speaking words that dehumanize and looking away when someone needs you to lean in and… — Diana Oestreich Copy Share Image
