'Calling ourselves pacifists creates the false impression that we face a choice between apparently unworkable principles and a surrender to militarism.' Photo: by Brett Jordan on Unsplash
Conversation peace: Matt Rosen’s Thought for the week
‘The challenge of remaining a peace church is really the challenge of understanding ourselves in a secular world.’
Early Friends, like Christ’s disciples, were no strangers to injustice. Their time was as turbulent as ours, and they suffered willingly, even joyfully, for their faith. They endured punishment by the state, and sang in the prisons. They knew war – many had been soldiers – and weren’t oblivious to the evil in the world as they testified.