The peace koan
[ by Charles Cameron — turning the wheel ]
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When Erik Schelzig tweeted:
Tenn. Senate Speaker @RonRamsey says Oregon shootings mean it's "time to prepare," urges Christians to get handgun carry permits. #TNLeg
— Erik Schelzig (@schelzigAP) October 2, 2015
Kevin Kruse responded
When Christ said "blessed are the peacemakers," He wasn't talking about Colt single action revolvers. https://t.co/HEnCjhTkZw
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 2, 2015
— and that’s about as neat and sweet a statement of the peace paradox as any I’ve seen.
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War and Peace: yang and yin?
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John 14.27:
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.
I don’t believe there’s any promise of the cessation of war here — the peace offered here is a peace that’s operative in times of both war and peace.
It must be peace from the warness of war, peace even in fighting, no?
To my mind this is the koan all peace-lovers, peace-keepers, and peace-makers must grapple with: stillness within?
I’ll be returning to this — “the dance at the still point of the turning wheel..”
