"My brothers and sisters of the mars hill community,
may this Christmas season, peace on earth, not be an esoteric nice fuzzy phrase about some day that you put on a Christmas card. But may it be the entire way that you've oriented your life. May people say about you: 'there goes a peacemaker,' and may people see something of the peace of God in the way that you live and move and have your being. Peace be with you."

--rob bell, from Calling All the Peacemakers (part I)

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regards,
wes