SINEWS OF PEACE
I recently read in Heather Cox Richardson's column about Churchill's address in Fulton, Missouri in 1946 at the invitation of Truman where they both were very worried about pushing back against the Soviet Union (which, incidentally, Putin wants to engineer once again.), Churchill used the term, "Sinews of Peace," as he wanted to have strong elements put in place to resist the Soviet Union's influence. This almost seems like a contradiction of "strength" married to "peace." But I bet Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would not find it a contradiction. Isn't that what non-violence is all about? I am trying to think of ways in which I can encompass "Sinews of Peace" in my own life, seeing as I am not in Congress or in charge of the Western World, as Anne Lamott always said she should be.. This is not easy, esp. as now I am so damn enraged at our government. In a wonderful guided meditation for Ash Wednesday at our UCC, Pastor Mar...
