“If choosing to love first can change enemies into friends on the battlefield of Iraq, I know that it can right here, in our own neighborhoods, churches, and families, who are battling over politics, religion, migrants at the border, and… — 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
