Isaiah 9:6 For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
I’m thinking of Jesus bringing peace in two contexts today. Remember Simon and Garfunkel’s song “7 O’Clock News”? It was released in 1966. Have we made any progress since then? Any efforts I can make toward peace in the world, like joining the “Stop the War” demonstration in Pittsburgh this afternoon, seem so tiny. Yet I can join you and you can join me in praying for men to open their hearts to the Prince of Peace.
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The other level is my own heart, my own small sphere, inviting him into the spaces of struggle there.
These songs address these two levels.
Prince of Peace, Hillsong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc0DKzPdv44
Prince of Peace, Celtic Worship https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfr1FaqWQ0E
Debra Kornfield 