Peace in a greedy world
“Peace” is a big word these days, all over the world. The word saturates media and the news, not because the world has learned to embrace the peace that the Risen Christ brings, but precisely because world powers pay mere lip service to His brand of peace. Although presidents, prime ministers, and kings swear allegiance to the cause of peace, war persists—ironically, in the name of peace. Peace pacts and treaties continue to be signed, yet the arms industry keeps on churning out war weaponry, efficient killing machines that get more and more sophisticated with each new invention. “ Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed”—these are sensible words from Dwight Eisenhower. At best war brings a false peace; at worst, it makes murderers of men. Either way, it is the deception that wins in war,