Give Peace a Chance

As a product of the love in, drop out philosophy of the 60’s, I became intimately familiar with the counter-culture chant of the day: “give peace a chance” This week marks the second week of Advent, the pregnant expectation of the coming of the Christ child, proclaimed by the angels when they heralded: "Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace..."  The Hebrew word for peace is often translated shalom - completeness or well being. Jesus came not only to save us from our selves, but to give us, and to share with us, the peace or shalom, of God. While peace may seem elusive, the best I can offer is a short simple prayer: Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me! Amen