Blessed Are the Peacemakers

Growing up in elementary and high school, history was one of my least favourite subjects. My thoughts were, “What’s the point. It happened in the past”. Over the years I had an “about face” and have come to realize we learn from history. And I also have learned to love and appreciate history. Unfortunately history…

The Pieces of Peace

For as long as I can remember, I have always had jigsaw puzzles kicking around. They are one of those things where I have to be in the right frame of mind to work on.. If I am in the right frame of mind I might just pull one out and start the puzzle. There…

Ringing the Bells of Peace

Over the past 150 years here in Canada the penetrating, vibrant ringing of church bells have sounded in large cities right down to small villages. And for centuries in Europe, church bells have played a prominent role in the history of countries, communities, and places of worship. Church bells are the biggest and loudest musical…