Peacework

"Henri Nouwen wrote this book twenty years ago as his personal response in a time of heightening Cold War tensions. Peacework offers a three-fold path for Christians to embrace Jesus' ethic of peacemaking. First, peacemaking is more than a matter of carrying placards or opposing war. It must begin with a life of prayer, a movement from "the dwelling place" of fear and hatred and into the house of God." "Next, Nouwen urges us to "resist the powers of death"--Not just armies and armaments, but our everyday selfishness and bondage to destructive consumerism. Finally, he shows us how to celebrate…