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Back Off and Let It Go

let-it-goFor almost an entire week I’ve had interesting heated exchanges with a friend on Facebook. The subject being discussed is probably secondary, since the exchanges became rather nasty and personal. My friend felt as though I was being superior, self-righteous, condescending and hurtful by always insisting that I was right, while I thought that I was simply not agreeing with his insistence of his opinion and his point of view. The ad hominems and personal attacks increased as he brought up many of my past failures and sins over the past few decades, to stamp home the point that I’m just the exact same sinner that I was in the past which everyone in my church fellowship knew and who would all agree with him that I am this unbearable and insufferable sort of person.Read More

How Can We Work for Peace?

In his 2003 book Finding Peace, Jean Vanier poses some rhetorical questions that seem especially poignant for readers of this website:

“How can we work for peace when we are faced with authority that does not listen, that cannot accept that it is not always right, and that refuses any form of criticism or dialogue? Do we leave, slamming the door? Do we seek to create a revolution? Do we let the desire for vengeance grow? Or do we fall into a form of depression and submission because there is nothing else to do? How can we be true when faced with insolent oppression and might? How can we work for justice in impossible situations?”

Powerful questions indeed.

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