Rev. John Dear is a long time peace activist, speaker and author of 28 books on peace and nonviolence, most recently, Lazarus Come Forth! (Orbis) which explores Jesus as the God of life calling humanity (in the symbol of the dead Lazarus) out of the tombs of the culture of war and death. He will begin a national book tour to talk about this book on Feb. 4th at the Seattle Spiritual Books Festival. He will offer a weekend workshop on “Writing and Peacemaking” with Natalie Goldberg in Santa Fe on April 27-29, 2012. To see his 2012 speaking schedule, go to: www.johndear.org. John Dear is profiled, along with Rev. Daniel Berrigan and Rev. Roy Bourgeois, in a new book, Divine Rebels, by Deena Guzder (Lawrence Hill Books, 2011). His other recent books are Daniel Berrigan: Essential Writings, Put Down Your Sword and A Persistent Peace. He writes a weekly online column for the National Catholic Reporter at www.ncronline.org