Week 2: Peace

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”
(Hendrix)

“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”
(Ghandi)

“If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful”
(C.S. Lewis)

“The more you sweat in peacetime, the less you bleed during war.”
(chinese proverb)

“I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.”
(Hellen Keller)

“Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.”

“Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.”
(George Bernard Shaw)

“Peace is the deliberate adjustment of my life to the will of God.”

“Peace if possible, truth at all costs.”
(Martin Luther)

“There was never a good war or a bad peace.”
(Ben Franklin)

“Avoid popularity if you would have peace.”
(Abraham Lincoln)

"Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is dying of hunger or cold. It will not remove the pain of torture inflicted on a prisoner of conscience. It does not comfort those who have lost their loved ones in floods caused by senseless deforestation in a neighboring country. Peace can only last where human rights are respected, where the people are fed, and where individuals and nations are free. "
(H.H. Dalai Lama)

True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.
(Martin Luther King, Jr.)

Peace is not the product of terror or fear.
Peace is not the silence of cemeteries.
Peace is not the silent result of violent repression.
Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all.
Peace is dynamism. Peace is generosity.
It is right and it is duty.
(Oscar Ramero)

Week 1: Hope

Advent Blessings Ya'll

Well, hidee ho there neighbor!
Bless me mother for I have blog sinned, it's been almost 3 months since my last post.
I'm a second year seminarian now. Greek is not inducing the crazies like Hebrew did. Still, it is a challenge on the old brain. In addition to my studies this year I am working over at RevRod's establishment and also at the "large church on the hill" a few days a week. It's a full plate! A full plate I tell you! And now it is Advent.

I have to say, this is a time when I could really use the quiet reflection of Advent. Not that I feel as though I have time to do that...but even if my Advent devotions are only 5 minutes that is significant. In a way it's part of what I've already got going on because my friends, I am going to be teaching an Advent bible study. It's still coming together, but class #1 will have to be ready by Wed night! (it will be). Maybe I'll blog in relation to that. (or maybe not, who are we kidding, this is ME we're talking about here!)

Okay enough for now, back to writing a paper. How are ya'll?