Claude recently traveled to Albania and Kosovo as an advisor to UPF Europe. Originally from Switzerland, he spent several years working on peace projects in the Balkans beginning in 1990 and welcomed the opportunity to return to the region. His sermon this week will connect the heart of Jesus in loving His enemies to the heart needed to bring reconciliation and peace in nations formerly in conflict.

After 400-years of twists and turns, highs and lows, there are momentous questions to be asked about U.S. history: What has happened? Where are we now? Where are we headed? How well are we doing? What are the underlying forces? Scholars and ideologues use a wide range of theories and frameworks to answer these questions and deliver their verdict. Rev. Moon taught us to understand America using a “providential” perspective.