No sooner than I written my previous post where I talk about “diplomacy” that I read this in Peaceable Kingdom:

I hope to show such a stance is not just an option for a few, but incumbent on all Christians who seek to live faithfully in the kingdom made possible by the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Nonviolence is not one among other behavioral implications that can be drawn fromthe gospel but is integral to the shape of Christian convictions.

Yes. Very Integral. I just asked my wife Janet if we might visit Edgehill tomorrow morning. I need to be, during Advent of all times, in a place where the litany and the aim of Christian worship is to observe the call to peace, praying for peace, and contemplating what God is calling us to do to PROMOTE peace and collaborate on GETTING the message through.