How to View History

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

What if we think of history as a succession of wide-spread periods of peace with intermittent periods of localized warfare?

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One, God of Victory,

You win all the time. Even when you appear to lose, you win. Even when defeat is certain, you come back. When I am stopped, I can sometimes call it quite. You just bide your time (you have more of it) and pick another opportunity to have it your way. Triumph is your way of life. In you, it is our way, too. We just have to know which battles matter and recognize the forms of victory you sanction.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“If we only had a Walmart, I could buy a knock-off of those Roman uniforms.”

[No Walmart. No uniform. No, He didn’t say it.]

D. Blog: Tuesday Haiku

Life

Okay. Alright. Fine.
Great. Wonderful. Awesome.
Amazing. Glorious.