Our news feeds are full of conflict and anger and it can be difficult to find ways to work with people with whom we disagree. Clive and his companions at Touch of Hope have been helping bring together people who were at war in the former Yugoslavia and he is using the same principles there and in the UK. In spite of our differences is Clive’s story of how he came to be a mediator and now helps others do the same. It is also the story of those who survived hostilities and are learning to live with their former enemies in Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The book challenges you to put these ideas into action in your own life, in your local community or further afield. Clive says: “I wanted to share the story of how ordinary people are empowered to work for reconciliation, to work across the boundaries. I shall never forget when I first went to Osijek and met the people in the Centre for Peace Non-Violence and Human Rights. They were so committed to working to end the violence and that made such an impact on me. “These people have gone through so much, but are actually talking about living together ‘in spite of our differences’ and I wanted to tell people about that. “But I wanted also to talk about my journey in terms of the difficulties I had with the church and my own feelings about being involved in the work. But, mainly, to put on record how people can change and move forward in the direst of circumstances.”
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