John Dear is a priest, retreat leader, author, and peace activist. He has served as the executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, an interfaith peace organization, and as a Red Cross coordinator of chaplains at the Family Assistance Center in New York City after the September 11, 2001 attacks. He has traveled to the world's war zones on missions of peace, has been imprisoned repeatedly for civil disobedience against war, and has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, NPR's All Things Considered, USA Today, and the National Catholic Reporter. He lives in northeastern New Mexico.
Praise for John Dear's Living Peace<br><br> Living Peace is a deeply moving and profoundly inspiring account of John Dear's journey of enviable courage, boundless faith, unquestioned hope, and unconditional love. --Martin Sheen<br><br> In this inspiring book, John Dear proves himself the William Sloane Coffin of our day. -- Publishers Weekly<br><br> Living Peace is a call to the reader that peace is no further away than a prayer to the Lord that He might come. -- St. Anthony Messenger<br> <br> John Dear is a bright young light in the religious peace movement. Living Peace shows the deep spiritual roots of his commitment. --Jim Wallis, editor in chief, Sojourners<br>