Peter Digitale Anderson
@peterdiganderson.bsky.social
Executive Director at Peace Catalyst International. Minneapolis-based organizer, nonviolence trainer, facilitator, peacebuilder, and mediator longing for reconciliation and collective liberation.
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What do we need to get us through these times?
Peace Catalyst is hosting the 12 Days of Peace: Faith, Peace & Power, a virtual series on how to pursue peace and justice amidst Christian nationalism, authoritarianism, and Christian Zionism.
Join us! www.peacecatalyst.org/12-days-of-p...
Peace Catalyst is hosting the 12 Days of Peace: Faith, Peace & Power, a virtual series on how to pursue peace and justice amidst Christian nationalism, authoritarianism, and Christian Zionism.
Join us! www.peacecatalyst.org/12-days-of-p...
12 Days of Peace — Peace Catalyst International
In a time when authoritarianism and religious nationalism are gaining ground globally, what does it mean to follow Jesus — not as a cultural identity or national allegiance, but as a path of peace, solidarity, resistance, and hope?
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September 21, 2025 at 5:06 AM
What do we need to get us through these times?
Peace Catalyst is hosting the 12 Days of Peace: Faith, Peace & Power, a virtual series on how to pursue peace and justice amidst Christian nationalism, authoritarianism, and Christian Zionism.
Join us! www.peacecatalyst.org/12-days-of-p...
Peace Catalyst is hosting the 12 Days of Peace: Faith, Peace & Power, a virtual series on how to pursue peace and justice amidst Christian nationalism, authoritarianism, and Christian Zionism.
Join us! www.peacecatalyst.org/12-days-of-p...
Come explore what following Jesus and peacebuilding have to do with each other!
Starting on September 17 for six weeks, join this global cohort in discovering how peace is at the heart of God’s purpose and the mission of the church, and how we can live out that calling today.
Starting on September 17 for six weeks, join this global cohort in discovering how peace is at the heart of God’s purpose and the mission of the church, and how we can live out that calling today.
Introduction to Christian Peacebuilding Small Group — Peace Catalyst International
Join this 6-week online small group to introduce peace-oriented theology, conflict transformation, and peacebuilding skills.
www.peacecatalyst.org
September 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Come explore what following Jesus and peacebuilding have to do with each other!
Starting on September 17 for six weeks, join this global cohort in discovering how peace is at the heart of God’s purpose and the mission of the church, and how we can live out that calling today.
Starting on September 17 for six weeks, join this global cohort in discovering how peace is at the heart of God’s purpose and the mission of the church, and how we can live out that calling today.
"We live and die by stories, are fed and freed by the good ones, trapped and sometimes quite literally killed by the bad ones or the people who believe them, even sometimes by ourselves when we believe them."
- Rebecca Solnit
- Rebecca Solnit
We Were Made for This
Twenty years ago, on August 29, 2005, a huge hurricane hit the Gulf Coast. New Orleans's levees failed, as had been predicted, and much of the city went underwater. Although the authorities had issued a mandatory evacuation order, they had provided no resources to the many who were too poor
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September 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"We live and die by stories, are fed and freed by the good ones, trapped and sometimes quite literally killed by the bad ones or the people who believe them, even sometimes by ourselves when we believe them."
- Rebecca Solnit
- Rebecca Solnit
Join author and peacebuilder Andrew DeCort and me to chat about loving our neighbors as we love ourselves. This practice is at the heart of many spiritual traditions across the globe. What could happen if we re-committed ourselves to this practice today?
www.peacecatalyst.org/events/20258...
www.peacecatalyst.org/events/20258...
Reviving the Golden Rule: Just Peace, Neighbor Love, & the End of Othering — Peace Catalyst International
Join author and peacemaker Andrew DeCort to discuss his upcoming book, Reviving the Golden Rule: How the Ancient Ethic of Neighbor Love Can Heal the World. We’ll explore the roots of this ancient yet ...
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August 14, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Join author and peacebuilder Andrew DeCort and me to chat about loving our neighbors as we love ourselves. This practice is at the heart of many spiritual traditions across the globe. What could happen if we re-committed ourselves to this practice today?
www.peacecatalyst.org/events/20258...
www.peacecatalyst.org/events/20258...
Coming up Thursday—join me for a conversation with Saleem Anfous about peace, justice, liberation, theology, and what the church in the West can learn from Palestinian Christians.
Saleem is a PCI team member, producer of the Across the Divide podcast, and a Palestinian justice advocate based in Be
Saleem is a PCI team member, producer of the Across the Divide podcast, and a Palestinian justice advocate based in Be
A Prophetic Witness to the West: Calling the Church to Re-Imagine Peace in Palestine-Israel — Peace Catalyst International
Join Saleem Anfous, a Peace Catalyst justice advocate and producer of the Across the Divide Podcast, and Peter Digitale Anderson, executive director of Peace Catalyst, for a conversation about Across the Divide's work of introducing the church in America to Palestinian Christian theologies of justic
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June 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Coming up Thursday—join me for a conversation with Saleem Anfous about peace, justice, liberation, theology, and what the church in the West can learn from Palestinian Christians.
Saleem is a PCI team member, producer of the Across the Divide podcast, and a Palestinian justice advocate based in Be
Saleem is a PCI team member, producer of the Across the Divide podcast, and a Palestinian justice advocate based in Be
No, empathy is not a sin. "At its best, empathy is a form of humility. To be empathetic is to admit the limitations of your own experience and the fallibility of your own judgement."
sojo.net/articles/cul...
sojo.net/articles/cul...
No, Empathy Is Not a Sin
A recent book tries to make the case that empathy is leading Christians astray. What it really reveals is a fear of losing power.
sojo.net
April 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
No, empathy is not a sin. "At its best, empathy is a form of humility. To be empathetic is to admit the limitations of your own experience and the fallibility of your own judgement."
sojo.net/articles/cul...
sojo.net/articles/cul...
On Thursday evening, I'm leading an interactive workshop on rest, self-care, resilience, and taking care of ourselves in the midst of action and overwhelm.... something I know many of us are feeling right now.
Online and free for all. We'd love to see you.
Online and free for all. We'd love to see you.
Balance Not Burnout: An Interactive Workshop on Self-Care and Rest for Overwhelmed Peacemakers — Peace Catalyst International
Join Peace Catalyst's Peter Digitale Anderson for an interactive workshop on strategies for sustainability and healing as peacemakers balance caring for themselves and caring for their neighbor. Through reflective exercises and group discussion, we'll engage with spiritual traditions, trauma awarene
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April 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
On Thursday evening, I'm leading an interactive workshop on rest, self-care, resilience, and taking care of ourselves in the midst of action and overwhelm.... something I know many of us are feeling right now.
Online and free for all. We'd love to see you.
Online and free for all. We'd love to see you.
Are you an experienced marshal, or want to learn?
The Palestine Liberation Pilgrimage (Saturday April 12), needs more people to join the safety team.
This is a good way to learn. Whether you can volunteer for all 16 miles, or just a few, we’d love to have you!
www.peacecatalyst.org/gcpilgrimage
The Palestine Liberation Pilgrimage (Saturday April 12), needs more people to join the safety team.
This is a good way to learn. Whether you can volunteer for all 16 miles, or just a few, we’d love to have you!
www.peacecatalyst.org/gcpilgrimage
GC Pilgrimage — Peace Catalyst International
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April 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Are you an experienced marshal, or want to learn?
The Palestine Liberation Pilgrimage (Saturday April 12), needs more people to join the safety team.
This is a good way to learn. Whether you can volunteer for all 16 miles, or just a few, we’d love to have you!
www.peacecatalyst.org/gcpilgrimage
The Palestine Liberation Pilgrimage (Saturday April 12), needs more people to join the safety team.
This is a good way to learn. Whether you can volunteer for all 16 miles, or just a few, we’d love to have you!
www.peacecatalyst.org/gcpilgrimage
If you're local to the Twin Cities, join us for the Palestine Liberation Pilgrimage on April 12! To lead into Holy Week, many Christians, Christian-lineage, and other friends will walk 14 miles to lament, repent, and protest on the ongoing genocide and occupation in Palestine.
GC Pilgrimage — Peace Catalyst International
A release of all hostages – both the Israeli hostages held by Hamas and the Palestinian hostages held in the Israeli prison system
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March 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
If you're local to the Twin Cities, join us for the Palestine Liberation Pilgrimage on April 12! To lead into Holy Week, many Christians, Christian-lineage, and other friends will walk 14 miles to lament, repent, and protest on the ongoing genocide and occupation in Palestine.
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"on some level I was beginning to understand instinctively that political apathy isn’t innocent. It protects power."
Today's Bugbear Dispatch is the first part of new two-part series on the fundamental fiction of being apolitical.
In it, I address the types of lies people tell themselves and others in order to avoid conflict and/or grab power:
www.bugbeardispatch.com/p/the-fundam...
In it, I address the types of lies people tell themselves and others in order to avoid conflict and/or grab power:
www.bugbeardispatch.com/p/the-fundam...
The Fundamental Fiction of Being Apolitical
Part I: Rationalizing the Path of Least Resistance
www.bugbeardispatch.com
March 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
"on some level I was beginning to understand instinctively that political apathy isn’t innocent. It protects power."
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🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:
March 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:
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From small business owners to everyday consumers, Canadians are finding ways to fight back against Trump's aggressive trade policies and nationalist rhetoric. #elbowsup
Trump has ignited a wave of economic defiance in Canada
From small business owners to everyday consumers, Canadians are finding ways to fight back against Trump's aggressive trade policies.
wagingnonviolence.org
March 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
From small business owners to everyday consumers, Canadians are finding ways to fight back against Trump's aggressive trade policies and nationalist rhetoric. #elbowsup
Bad theology kills, and Christian Zionism is bad theology. drdougle.substack.com/p/how-our-en...
How Our End Times Beliefs Shape Our Ethics
A Call Back to Our Theology of Peace
drdougle.substack.com
March 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Bad theology kills, and Christian Zionism is bad theology. drdougle.substack.com/p/how-our-en...
Join us Thursday! I'll be chatting with South African-based peacebuilder Steve Schallert about how to move beyond serving and "helping" communities at risk and to start living in solidarity with them.
www.peacecatalyst.org/events/2025/...
www.peacecatalyst.org/events/2025/...
From Service to Solidarity: When Peace Means Taking a Side — Peace Catalyst International
Join PCI’s Steve Schallert and Peter Digitale Anderson for a conversation about how Christians—especially those of us enjoying lives of safety and stability— can shift from a posture of service to one of solidarity with oppressed communities. Drawing on Steve’s years of experience practicing and tea
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March 19, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Join us Thursday! I'll be chatting with South African-based peacebuilder Steve Schallert about how to move beyond serving and "helping" communities at risk and to start living in solidarity with them.
www.peacecatalyst.org/events/2025/...
www.peacecatalyst.org/events/2025/...
How does a society balance progressive values, welcome and inclusivity to immigrants, and a sense of cohesion and flourishing for all? Appreciating this nuanced and sometimes challenging look at Denmark's approach.
In an Age of Right-Wing Populism, Why Are Denmark’s Liberals Winning?
Around the world, progressive parties have come to see tight immigration restrictions as unnecessary, even cruel. What if they’re actually the only way for progressivism to flourish?
www.nytimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
How does a society balance progressive values, welcome and inclusivity to immigrants, and a sense of cohesion and flourishing for all? Appreciating this nuanced and sometimes challenging look at Denmark's approach.
Want to strengthen your commitment to justice even as the government and businesses reject basic inclusion and equity? Join my friend and colleague Anna Stamborski and build up your antiracist "rule of life"!
www.tickettailor.com/events/cross...
www.tickettailor.com/events/cross...
www.tickettailor.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Want to strengthen your commitment to justice even as the government and businesses reject basic inclusion and equity? Join my friend and colleague Anna Stamborski and build up your antiracist "rule of life"!
www.tickettailor.com/events/cross...
www.tickettailor.com/events/cross...
Want to join a community learning about a decolonized Jesus and Christianity? Rev. Dr. Jia Starr Brown, a powerful speaker and leader local to Minneapolis, dives deep into these questions with her online congregation over at The Stable. Check them out:
Jia Starr Brown
We will meet on Thursday evenings (7-8pm CST), with themed series that are scheduled at different times throughout the year.
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February 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Want to join a community learning about a decolonized Jesus and Christianity? Rev. Dr. Jia Starr Brown, a powerful speaker and leader local to Minneapolis, dives deep into these questions with her online congregation over at The Stable. Check them out:
When I first shifted into movement organizing in the wake of the 2020 Uprising, the Ayni Institute transformed my understanding of how to work for lasting social change. They're now offering free workshops on their core concepts. Check them out! ayni.institute/workshops/
Workshops - Ayni Institute
Workshops and Events Workshops and Events We are excited to share the lineup of free workshops for the first half of 2025! In these sessions,…
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February 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When I first shifted into movement organizing in the wake of the 2020 Uprising, the Ayni Institute transformed my understanding of how to work for lasting social change. They're now offering free workshops on their core concepts. Check them out! ayni.institute/workshops/
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In his new book, poet and journalist Mohammed El-Kurd rejects the notion that Palestinians must prove themselves worthy of dignity and freedom.
For Palestinians, the ‘Perfect Victim’ Is an Impossible Standard
In his new book, poet and journalist Mohammed El-Kurd rejects the notion that Palestinians must prove themselves worthy of dignity and freedom.
progressive.org
February 19, 2025 at 3:01 AM
In his new book, poet and journalist Mohammed El-Kurd rejects the notion that Palestinians must prove themselves worthy of dignity and freedom.
"Let’s be people who talk to our neighbors and our stubborn family members... welcome people with their opinions and complexities... and undermine these billionaires who will let the rest of us starve and die if we let them. inthesetimes.com/article/bill...
In the Face of Overwhelm
We owe it to each other to resist attempts to disorient, divide and distract us from the reality of government takeover by the billionaire Right.
inthesetimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
"Let’s be people who talk to our neighbors and our stubborn family members... welcome people with their opinions and complexities... and undermine these billionaires who will let the rest of us starve and die if we let them. inthesetimes.com/article/bill...
It isn't often that I'll share from David French, but I'm appreciating this column on the decline of empathy and care for the poor among evangelicals. It's valuable insight from the "inside' about why appeals to empathy don't always move people.
Opinion | Behold the Strange Spectacle of Christians Against Empathy
There is nothing woke about medicine or food.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
It isn't often that I'll share from David French, but I'm appreciating this column on the decline of empathy and care for the poor among evangelicals. It's valuable insight from the "inside' about why appeals to empathy don't always move people.
Very excited for this conversation with Julie Lillie and Moses Abolade tomorrow. Do you care about youth? Do you care about peaceful, just, and flourishing communities? Wondering youth can help build those beautiful communities?
Learn more and sign up here: www.peacecatalyst.org/events/growi...
Learn more and sign up here: www.peacecatalyst.org/events/growi...
February 18, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Very excited for this conversation with Julie Lillie and Moses Abolade tomorrow. Do you care about youth? Do you care about peaceful, just, and flourishing communities? Wondering youth can help build those beautiful communities?
Learn more and sign up here: www.peacecatalyst.org/events/growi...
Learn more and sign up here: www.peacecatalyst.org/events/growi...
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I’ve seen some posts online calling Elon a “South African” breaking our government. He became a US citizen in 2002; if we “other” him by his origins, we’re doing the same bs as Trump.
Elon Musk is an American and has been for decades. That’s part of the problem—this mess comes from within.
Elon Musk is an American and has been for decades. That’s part of the problem—this mess comes from within.
February 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I’ve seen some posts online calling Elon a “South African” breaking our government. He became a US citizen in 2002; if we “other” him by his origins, we’re doing the same bs as Trump.
Elon Musk is an American and has been for decades. That’s part of the problem—this mess comes from within.
Elon Musk is an American and has been for decades. That’s part of the problem—this mess comes from within.
Twin Cities folk, tomorrow at 11am! Join Showing Up for Racial Justice in St. Paul as we call on our state leaders to protect everyone in their state and to resist harmful and un-democratic actions coming out of this presidency.
actionnetwork.org/events/surj-...
actionnetwork.org/events/surj-...
SURJ National Day of Action, February 1st, 2025
The Gear Up training program will culminate in a National Day of Action on February 1st. Anyone is welcome and encouraged to be part of our collective action, even if you were not part of the Gear Up ...
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February 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Twin Cities folk, tomorrow at 11am! Join Showing Up for Racial Justice in St. Paul as we call on our state leaders to protect everyone in their state and to resist harmful and un-democratic actions coming out of this presidency.
actionnetwork.org/events/surj-...
actionnetwork.org/events/surj-...