I cannot excuse myself by saying it does not affect my congregation or group, nor will I be justified by sitting in an ivory tower complaining that the bandages and remedies applied by others are inadequate and useless. What am I doing to bring peace to this troubled world. I must face this question some day. I want to face it now. Peace will reign in the world to come.
Some men wage war and endure hardship, privation and suffering to attain their objectives.
Yet war is hell, according to one of the great generals of the past. By the same token peace is heaven. The soldier for peace must make himself vulnerable. These are all terms in the vocabulary of the factionalist. That all depends upon whether the Cause in which I have enlisted is a passing fancy, a shimmering delusion, or a real and consuming passion.