Becoming A PeaceMaker In A Troubled World

Where does the title of this column find you: what does it mean to you in your relationships with others. Jesus makes a huge statement in one short sentence in Matthew 5: 9 from his "Sermon On the Mount: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God". That's how God wants us to be identified by those around us? Not by our church affiliation and all that comes out of that, but how we come alongside of others in the midst of a troubled world where fear and anxiety are becoming greater and greater. The Hebrews (Jewish people) use the word, shalom to pronounce an inner...