What's Good for National Souls?

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Here’s the peace plan: Thou shalt not kill.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

I converse with you, and my day is complete.
I think of my children, and my day is complete.
I lie beside Alice, and my day is complete.
I meet joyful people, and my day is complete
I see beauty in its variety, and my day is complete.
I experience surprising moments, and my day is complete
I know the goodness o life, and my day is complete.
I recall all of that, and my life is complete.
But never over.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“I’m leaving you disciples because absence makes the heart grow fonder.”

[No, not exactly what He said at the Last Supper.]

D. Blog: Confession: Good for the Soul of Nations

I once heard William Sloane Coffin observe that we might have better prospects for peace if leaders of nations could demonstrate some humility and confess national failings. The image he used had the presidents of the US and USSR confessing to each other that their nations had done terrible things. Now it might be the leaders of the US, Russia, Britain and China. All have blood-stained histories of oppression and genocide and violating human rights, absolutely belying the values they claim to hold dear. Confession would be good for our national souls, and for the peace of the world.