We realize that might be a crazy-sounding title. Churches don’t go to war. Or do they?
Spirit
When Berna and Johnny were growing up in the Roman Catholic Church, the church defined what it called a “just war.” In other words, war (and all its brutality) was justified under conditions the Church defined.
Many years ago, our friend Seth said “There is never any justification for violence, for hatred, for murder.”
What’s the answer? Is there any single answer?
We will side with Seth.… Read more
Michelantonio “Tony” Vaccaro was a World War 2 United States Army soldier and photographer. He survived the horrors of that war and is now 98 years old.
Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, speaks eloquently of war’s insanity and inhumanity. Accompanying his graphic photo of a German soldier his army unit had just killed, he had this to say:
It reminds me of the tragedy of mankind. He’s not a German. He’s a human being….We are humans. And nothing else.
As Tony says, “We are humans.… Read more
This has been a crazy time around here.… Read more
United States military cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, USA
In today’s world we seem to have a war on everything we consider undesirable.
We have a war on poverty, a war on drugs, a war on ignorance, a war on crime, a war on disease—not to mention the wars we wage against countries and people we disagree with.
What often strikes me most is the war on disease. I read a lot of obituaries—not out of any morbid sense of curiosity, but just an interest in knowing who’s moved on to their next adventure.… Read more
Philosopher Albert Camus said “Peace is the only battle worth waging.”
War and peace are much on the world’s mind today, especially with the recent Syrian crisis. And, of course, the other conflicts raging around the planet.
Here are some of Spirit’s thoughts:
