tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1558815767061700455.post-89580321759007700642008-03-07T23:34:00.004-08:002008-03-07T23:42:58.767-08:00<span style="font-weight:bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The God of peace is never glorified by human violence.<br /><br />The false spirituality of war - “war is not the will of God”<br /><br />The last words of Jesus to the church - “put down your sword”<br /><br />The message of Jesus from the Cross - the violence stops here in my body.</span><br /></span><br />John Dear is here in Vancouver for the Thomas Merton Society's annual conference on peace. These are some of the powerful bits I came away with tonight.sjbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00598428775922504462noreply@blogger.com