As the budget for war is debated, as there are questions about the strategy for Afghanistan, as yet more people die there and in Iraq, I wonder, what would this country be without war? Tonight I listened to a musical duo playing some of the old songs from the 60's and 70's, and had to leave after hearing "Blowing in the Wind" from Peter, Paul and Mary. The group dedicated the song to the memory of Mary Travers, and people here sang along. I could not. I was too choked with tears. More than forty years later, the answer is still blowing in the wind. My country is devoting ever more money, lives, thought, and material to trying to convince other people by killing them and/or their family members. What horrible madness!
There is a book that was written by a Japanese man, Toyohiko Kagawa, titled The Religion of Jesus is Love. May that religion of love spread, may we become unable to kill other human beings to "show them" or "convince them" to do what we want them to do. May we show them and convince them through love. In the name of the one who loved each one with all his heart. Amen.
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