Feelings of guilt dominate our work as peacemakers we cannot last long…

Henri Nouwen
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Feelings of guilt dominate our work as peacemakers we cannot last long. But when we have opened each other's eyes to the great human gifts among all people we can indeed make peacemaking a way of being. ✨ Peacework: Prayer, Resistance, Community.
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Feelings of guilt dominate our work as peacemakers we cannot last long. But when we have opened each other's eyes to the great human gifts among all people we can indeed make peacemaking a way of being. ✨ Peacework: Prayer, Resistance, Community.

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