A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Live together or die together. The global slogan.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,
Everything depends on you and your love.
Without you, there is nothing.
I readily accept these terms of existence.
Amen

C. Unquoting Jesus:

“The first time ever I lay with you….”

[Great song, but did He ever sing?]

D. Blog: Holy/Promised Land

What makes one bit of land any more holy than any other bit of land? The fact that an early Hebrew writer called Canaan the promised land means only that the writer thought so and, presumably, at least some other Hebrews thought so. There they felt at home. There they felt God had guided them. Calling it the promised land was a human conclusion that explained and emphasized their feeling of attachment to the land, that this was their home.

When I am at home with God, that is holy, that is the place God has promised me. When I am at home with my family, that is holy, that is the place God has promised me. When I am at home with my neighbors, that is holy, that is the place God has promised me. I live then in the land of promise, where I find acceptance, welcome, warmth and opportunity to live fully.

I give thanks that I have arrived at home, the holy place where I know peace within, with neighbors, and with God. There is no place like home, nothing more like a promise fulfilled, nothing more holy than where I have landed.