Imagine Peace

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God."
--Matthew 5:9

I'm reading the book Thirteen Days in September, which is about 1978 Camp David Accords. From what I've read, peacemakers seem to have four common characteristics (either individually or collectively):

  • Imaginative. You have to be able to imagine what peace looks like.
  • Adventurous. You have to be willing to sail into uncharted waters.  
  • Trusting. You have to trust that other people share your desire for peace, even if you may differ on the details of what peace looks like.
  • Energitic. You will need the energy to make your vision a reality.

As long as somebody somewhere can imagine peace, I'm confident that we will achieve peace. I just need to be patient and persevere.

Finding God in . . . Nothing?

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In a recent blog post, Robert Krulwich made the following observation about nothing:

We are surrounded by Nothing. Everywhere we go, we have no idea what we're not seeing. We don't know what gravitational fields look like, what dark matter looks like, what quantum foam looks like, what [Willem] de Kooning's [erased] drawing looked like, but what the scientists and the artists are telling us, in their very different ways, is that if we lean in, and pay very close attention, sometimes what looks like Nothing is the best place to find the most interesting ... somethings.

Which makes me wonder. Saint Ignatius of Loyola talked about finding God in all things. But do we ever look for God in places where we think there is Nothing?