This ad for a poster design for the Mennonite Central Committee quotes a pacifist, a woman named Muriel Lester, who strongly opposed WW1 and set the bar rather high for the role of a peacemaker!
"The job of the peacemaker is...to stop war, to purify the world, to get it saved from poverty and riches...to heal the sick, to comfort the sad, to wake up those who have not yet found God, to create joy and beauty wherever you go, to find God in everything and everyone."
While the language may be quite what we would use in the 21st century I love the breadth of the vision, including celebrating joy and beauty. There is the tendency for some "brands" of Christianity to have tunnel vision about a "personal relationship with Jesus" and the promise of heaven after this life is over. The brands of our faith which focus on social justice often forget the joy in their earnestness.
I want to remember this, maybe post it on my fridge. Comments?
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