Peace & Bitterness - Day 25

Our King of Peace

I was struck by the last verse in O Come O Come Emmanuel, one of my favorite Christmas hymn:

O come, Desire of nations, bindIn one the hearts of humankind;O bid our sad divisions cease;And be for us our King of Peace.

Peace & Bitterness - Day 24

Could there be peace?

Peace & Bitterness - Day 23

Yesterday was a hard day for me. I won't go into all of the reasons, but it was not an easy day for me to get through. I took a minute to visit our facebook group and was immediately grateful. Our friend Tom shared his images of peace, the people that fill that peaceful space, and the daily life-work it takes to make this peaceful perspective a reality. I was struck, not just by the beautiful imagery and honesty, but by the way even reading about his peace brought me peace as well. What a powerful thing, that by sharing our visions of peace, no matter how unique they may be to our perspective, we can pass the peace on to someone else. I am still resting in awe over this.

Week 4: Peace & Bitterness - Day 22

Peace is another daunting task; a daunting perspective; a daunting commitment. It's a nice answer to the question of what we would most like to see more of in the world, but much more difficult to fully grasp, let alone live out, on a daily basis. Why is it that when we intentionally focus on sabbath, we have to face all of these things that do not have easy answers?*