peace Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/peace/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 22:54:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Rome? https://smthingscount.com/2020/06/02/rome/ Tue, 02 Jun 2020 17:02:50 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9245 I feel like I’m in Nero’s Rome. Come on, people. We’re better than that. We can band together and practice peace and justice!

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]]> A Fitting Tribute this Memorial Day https://smthingscount.com/2020/05/25/a-fitting-tribute-this-memorial-day/ Mon, 25 May 2020 16:52:14 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9223 Today, pause to remember the men and women who died fighting America’s battles.  Their goal was to stop tyrants and regimes that treat people like

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]]> A Peaceful Wish https://smthingscount.com/2019/12/24/a-peaceful-wish/ Tue, 24 Dec 2019 16:29:35 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8707 During this month of many spiritual observances by many different believers, I wish our world peace, now and in the future.

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]]> An Important Lesson for Our Children https://smthingscount.com/2019/06/05/an-important-lesson-for-our-children/ Wed, 05 Jun 2019 16:15:53 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8144 Today commemorates D-Day, the largest military action attempted back in 1944. It was successful. But so many lives were lost. And it didn’t end wars.

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]]> MLK Day–for Children https://smthingscount.com/2019/01/21/mlk-day-for-children/ Mon, 21 Jan 2019 17:40:07 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7695 Today is Martin Luther King., Jr. Day. What’s important is to focus on what he stood for: peace, equality, and justice. Let’s start with our children.

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]]> Remembering The Arizona & Veterans https://smthingscount.com/2018/12/07/remembering-the-arizona-veterans/ Fri, 07 Dec 2018 15:37:43 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7546 have vivid memories of my experience in visiting the Arizona Memorial in Hawaii.  The visit began with a film showing the horrors of the attack

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]]> Seeds of Peace https://smthingscount.com/2018/03/30/seeds-of-peace/ Fri, 30 Mar 2018 15:54:49 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6779 Because of the significance of the season--notably Good Friday today, beginning of Passover tonight, Easter Sunday in two days–I’d like us all to think about

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]]> Those Outspoken Kids https://smthingscount.com/2018/03/01/those-outspoken-kids/ Thu, 01 Mar 2018 17:39:16 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6704 Kids marching peacefully. Kids respectfully making demands of lawmakers.  Kids standing up for what is right and just and humanitarian and common sense.  They already

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]]> What the Heck Does “Speak Truth to Power” Mean? https://smthingscount.com/2017/12/11/what-the-heck-does-speak-truth-to-power-mean/ Mon, 11 Dec 2017 15:35:32 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6457 It’s a phrase that has recently become popular, although it is, by no means, new.  It goes back to 1955, when the Quakers used it

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]]> A Child, A Shirt, and Peace https://smthingscount.com/2017/07/17/a-child-a-shirt-and-peace/ Mon, 17 Jul 2017 12:44:35 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6068 We should all wear tee shirts like this…and mean it. 

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