It is not unusual in discussions among sincere Christians for someone to state, “As long as there are human beings there will be war.” Statements like this get the attention of Christian peacemakers.
Conservative Christian evangelicals tend to support the war. They—Islamic terrorists—are numerous and are out to destroy us. We must destroy them over there before they destroy us over here. It’s a holy war, albeit a crusade against the Islamofacists—whatever that means. Sound familiar? Some of these Christians welcome war because it will hasten the rapture. Whatever happened to the God of Peace and his Only Begotten? Continue reading →

In John’s Gospel, Jesus invites his followers to “come and see.” It is an open ended invitation to a fantastic journey—the journey of getting to know Jesus. We celebrate Epiphany. The Wise Men from the East accepted God’s invitation to traverse afar amid great danger to come and see the child in the manger. Having seen the child, they were a changed lot. They could not return the way they had come. They had traveled trough Herod’s culture of death to meet the life-Child. They had to return by a new way. Continue reading →