After the

Yellow Ribbon

to listen to and learn from those who Bear the burden of violence in our name.

After the Yellow Ribbon was a conference held at Duke University in 2011 to develop tools that church, military and academic communities could use in order to approach service members and veterans as human beings, and to understand and heal the unseen wounds of war (including PTSD and moral injury). The event was organized under the auspices of Duke Milites Christi, the student veterans group I founded within the Divinity School there.

After the Yellow Ribbon is a 2011 Veterans Day event.

Someone in my congregation has military service; how can I cultivate their participation in our common life?

Someone I care for serves in the armed forces; how do I support them despite my misgivings about war?

Someone in my class just returned from combat; how can I make the classroom a safe space where their insights can be shared?

Promo Videos

the Arts for Healing

Jeremy Begbie

The Old Testament

Anathea Portier-Young

Moral FraGmentation

Stanley Hauerwas

Psalms

Jo Bailey Wells

The New Testament

Richard Hays

Healing in Community

Sam Wells

Plenaries

KEYNOTE by LTC Pete Kilner: “The Beauty and Tragedy of a Combat Deployment”

PLENARY 1: Exploring the Moral Landscape: Military, Theological, and Academic Intersections, with 1LT Elyse Gustafson, Ch. Herm Keizer, and Warren Kinghorn

PLENARY 2: Mapping the Moral Landscape: Discovering Resources for Recovery, with LTC Pete Bowen, David Miller, and GEN Stephen Xenakis

ICON: Martin the Soldier, written by Fr. Bill McNichols

Breakouts

Caring for Veterans After the War (Bill Cantrell)
Writing, Reflection, & Narrative (Logan M. Isaac)
Truth Commission on Conscience in War (Herm Keizer)
The Moral Justification for Killing in War (Pete Kilner)
Healing Heartfelt Grief Through Liturgy (Bill Portier)
Redemption & PTSD (J. Warren Smith)
Music, Theology, & Conscience (Derek Webb)

See a full schedule, including sessions that were not recorded, on the AYR Schedule page. Several outlets reported on the event, compiled on the AYR News page.