By Jason Boone of the Peace and Justice Support Network and Sheldon C. Good of The Mennonite

When The Mennonite and the Peace and Justice Support Network launched the Peace Lab podcast in 2016, we weren’t sure what the response would be. The idea of a podcast focused on Mennonite peacemaking sounded good, but you never know. What if no one listened?

We’re grateful that hasn’t been the case. Peace Lab has reached more people in the Mennonite world and beyond than we anticipated. And more than raw numbers, it’s been great to hear how important the conversations we’ve had on Peace Lab have been for our listeners. We’ve covered an array of topics spanning from gun violence to evangelism to the Doctrine of Discovery to cluster bombs in Laos…and there’s so much more we want to cover.

We’ve tried to keep to a regular schedule of new episodes of Peace Lab every two weeks. It’s gratifying when listeners write to ask, “Where’s the new Peace Lab?” if we miss a delivery date. It means you miss us when we are gone!

Don’t panic, but Peace Lab will be closed for renovations for the next few weeks. We’re looking at improving where Peace Lab lives on the internet. We want to make it easier to find and listen to us.

We’re also bringing a new co-host on board. Jason Boone will continue as one co-host, and we have a new co-host who will help keep Peace Lab as engaging and thoughtful as ever.

Who is it, you ask? If we told you now it would ruin the surprise!

Peace Lab will be back March 19. We look forward to being with you again and exploring news, current events and peacemaking from a Mennonite perspective. Until then, catch up on any episodes you may have missed.

Thanks for all your support. We’ll see you March 19.

Previous episodes:

Rev. Leonard Dow Part II

Part two of our conversation with the Rev. Leonard Dow, a current stewardship development specialist with Everence and longtime pastor at Oxford Circle Mennonite Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Leonard talks with Jason and Hannah about community development, pastoring, race and Mennonite identity.

• Episode 27: Rev. Leonard Dow Part 1
• Episode 26: Bystander intervention training
• Episode 25: Melody Pannell on diversity and inclusion in Mennonite Church USA
• Episode 24: Horace McMillon on gun violence in the United States
• Episode 23: Columbus Mennonite Church and the Journey of Sanctuary
• Episode 22: Titus Peachey and the Legacies of War
• Episode 21: Luke Miller on Pink Menno and Orlando 2017
• Episode 20: The Life Lines Collective, amplifying the voices of writers living on Death Row
• September 4: Mennonite Disaster Service responds to Hurricane Harvey
• August 28: Sarah Thompson on Charlottesville, CPT and confrontational nonviolence
• August 21: Future Church Summit debrief with Darin Snyder Belousek
• July 31: Peace and Evangelism with Meghan Good
• July 17: Alison Brookins and Ted Swartz with Ohio Conference Cast
• July 3: Isaac Villegas
• June 19: Immigration justice with Tammy Alexander and Saulo Padilla
• June 5: What is a peace church? Hosted by Jenny Perez Castro
• May 22: Ted Grimsrud on The Benedict Option
• May 8: News Roundup with Iris de Leon-Hartshorn and Michelle Armster
• April 27: SENT Church Planting Summit with Wil LaVeist
• April 10: Immigration Resource Centers with Julia Schmidt
• March 27: Israel-Palestine with Jonathan Brenneman
• March 13: Anabaptist Witness
• Dec. 12: Donna Minter and STAR training
• Nov. 21, Ben Wideman and campus ministry at Penn State
• Nov. 3, Mark Schloneger and Election Day Communion
• Oct. 17, Drew G.I. Hart
• Oct. 10, Marty Troyer
• Oct. 3, Erica Littlewolf