"The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he [or she] does, whoever he [or she] is."
--C.S. Lewis
This quote from C.S. Lewis jumped out at me this morning as I started writing this week's blog about The Peace Hour radio program. The Peace Hour offers its listeners a chance for one hour to explore the reasons for peace through non-violent communication and action. If we are heading into the future, as Lewis acknowledges, at sixty minutes per hour, we might be looking at accomplishing peace in record time. That's the quest and hope of The Peace Hour. As stated in its mission statement, 'The Peace Hour sets aside sixty minutes to explore peace through non-violence in the stories of others.' This is one small step on the road to accomplishing the peace we wish to see by finding those who are that peace in word and deed. What I am finding in doing The Peace Hour is that the voices of peace vary in cultures, races, classes and religions. They are male and female. And they are brothers and sisters of the Earth family--connected by threads. Some threads are delicate and break easily. Other threads are sturdy and durable. Every thread is important, however, to the fabric of life. Woven together, all are strong.
The Nobel Peace Laureates of this time have appealed to us to build a culture of peace for the children of the world. What does that mean? I try to answer that question on each Peace Hour program. When I find evidence of it, I try to capture it in story form. I do my best to set aside my biases and prejudices when telling these stories, but I have found that I AM always a part of the story. We all are. That's another reason for the peace hour. Connecting us one to another is what building a culture of peace is about. If we don't stop to think of ourselves as part of the whole, we will continue the spiral of violence that has permeated the centuries before.
This Decade ends in 2010. What will we have accomplished? I'm not sure. But I am sure about this. We will accomplish more than we could ever believe possible. Why? Because every day someone takes the road to peace at sixty minutes per hour, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year---day in and day out. We are clocking the minutes and so is the peace.
This quote from C.S. Lewis jumped out at me this morning as I started writing this week's blog about The Peace Hour radio program. The Peace Hour offers its listeners a chance for one hour to explore the reasons for peace through non-violent communication and action. If we are heading into the future, as Lewis acknowledges, at sixty minutes per hour, we might be looking at accomplishing peace in record time. That's the quest and hope of The Peace Hour. As stated in its mission statement, 'The Peace Hour sets aside sixty minutes to explore peace through non-violence in the stories of others.' This is one small step on the road to accomplishing the peace we wish to see by finding those who are that peace in word and deed. What I am finding in doing The Peace Hour is that the voices of peace vary in cultures, races, classes and religions. They are male and female. And they are brothers and sisters of the Earth family--connected by threads. Some threads are delicate and break easily. Other threads are sturdy and durable. Every thread is important, however, to the fabric of life. Woven together, all are strong.
The Nobel Peace Laureates of this time have appealed to us to build a culture of peace for the children of the world. What does that mean? I try to answer that question on each Peace Hour program. When I find evidence of it, I try to capture it in story form. I do my best to set aside my biases and prejudices when telling these stories, but I have found that I AM always a part of the story. We all are. That's another reason for the peace hour. Connecting us one to another is what building a culture of peace is about. If we don't stop to think of ourselves as part of the whole, we will continue the spiral of violence that has permeated the centuries before.
This Decade ends in 2010. What will we have accomplished? I'm not sure. But I am sure about this. We will accomplish more than we could ever believe possible. Why? Because every day someone takes the road to peace at sixty minutes per hour, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year---day in and day out. We are clocking the minutes and so is the peace.
