Yearly Archives: 2014

I have this sign above my kitchen. It sits there up high and in the centre of our house like a mantra, a statement for our home and our family. It says “Peace”. I have this coaster next to my reading chair, where I sit and pray, where I journal […]

seek peace

9 Jun, 2014 in 2014 June: peace by Jodie McCarthy

Recently I was de- friended on face book, from someone who was a part of my world and it really disturbed my peace. Have you been de-friended off facebook or blocked on instagram? How did it make you feel? I get the reasons why we do it. Large lists of […]

Enough is enough

8 Jun, 2014 in 2014 June: peace by Amanda

Day Seven Peace train series Peace, what is it? In contrast, we can accept that peace is an internal condition. One we navigate each day by challenging our assumptions about how life should be, reviewing our goals and aspirations, interpreting feelings, revisiting our priorities, and making corresponding modifications to where […]

Take a ride on the ‘peace train’ Day Seven

7 Jun, 2014 in 2014 June: peace by Kelley

Day Six Peace train series Peace, what is it? So if Peace is not our personality, the absence of war, escaping to a quiet location or having certainty about all of our questions, then what can it be? My experiences of peace are all too often linked to the absence […]

Take a ride on the ‘peace train’ Day Six

6 Jun, 2014 in 2014 June: peace by Kelley

Day Five Peace train series Peace, what is it? Okay then let’s try certainty – reducing our world and lives to what is known so that we might ‘contain the fear’ and be prepared for exactly what is coming. But, this is not possible. It’s a fantasy reserved for those […]

Take a ride on the ‘peace train’ Day Five

5 Jun, 2014 in 2014 June: peace by Kelley

Day Four Peace train series Peace, what is it? So we think again and this time we might see peace as a place, a physical location. We imagine a solitary setting among a forest of trees or along an expansive deserted beach. We are almost lulled into believing that if […]

Take a ride on the ‘peace train’ Day Four

4 Jun, 2014 in 2014 June: peace by Kelley