MK Friends are taking a few minutes in their day, every day, to pause for peace. Please join us wherever you are. We offer here some texts and a piece of music which we hope may provide some inspiration and nourishment as you settle into your reflections on peace, be it for yourself, loved ones, someone in need, or peace for the world.
Ideas on how to pause for peace (click here)
This Week’s Image
The Good Shepherd by Henry Ossawa Tanner, c1914 (above)
Son of an escaped slave and Methodist minister, Tanner is celebrated as one of the first successful African-American artists, gaining international prestige for his religious paintings. His work is marked with grace, dignity, and sensitivity.
The image is provided by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, under their free open access program.
This Week’s Words
“We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“We have to take responsibility in our own countries for the trade in weapons, which will continue unless we intensify our actions against it. Let us do this together as an international body. Let us picture where Jesus Christ would be in this matter. What would he be saying about the trade in weapons? …. He would be there, he would be working with us, he would be arguing and doing everything in his power to ensure that this trade, which is totally immoral, was stopped as soon as possible. It’s a big job, Friends, but Quakers have often taken on a prophetic role in the past. We should be glad of the example of the slave abolitionists and remember their strength, their courage, their witness, and do likewise now.”
Quaker Faith and Practice 29.09, Jo Valentine (1991)
This Week’s Piece of Music
We hope you find inspiration is this week’s chosen song Last night I had the strangest dream by Simon and Garfunkel.