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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hello, my name is Johnny Dade and I'm a vicar in the Church of England
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There was a radical movement in the 1960s that coined the phrase
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make love not war. It was basically a rejection of militarism in favour of a sort of hippie vision of peace
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and love. However, though the number of wars may have decreased over time, it is clear that we don't
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live in a state of peace. Far from it. The Hebrew word shalom perhaps gives us a better vision for
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peace Shalom goes much deeper than merely an absence of hostilities Shalom refers to a wholeness of personhood the reconciliation of people with one another and with God
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Shalom is not about a moment of calm or a pause in conflict, but a way of life
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Jesus famously said, Peace I give you, my peace I leave with you
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I do not give as the world gives. in the Beatitudes Jesus proclaimed blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called
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children of God you see it isn't good enough to simply absent ourselves from conflict
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that's avoidance not resolution instead we are called to be active in making peace it's a doing
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thing and you know it starts right here in the human heart
