Why Tone Still Matters
Are we becoming what we consume in media? Influencers and opinionators now deeply shape personal beliefs and attitudes, causing a loss of complexity, promoting cynicism, and highlighting the need for civility and peacemaking.
Tag: peace
Are You Feeling Peace or Just Relief?
So many stepping away from families, marriages, and faith attest to poignant emotional validation for their life-changing decisions. What exactly is this emotion they are feeling?
Faith and the Long Uncertainties of COVID
Long COVID brought not only disabling fatigue and brain fog but a soul-stretching challenge to my sense of self.
Reaching for a Zion Beyond Partisan Warfare
It’s important to raise our voices to defend truth. But especially in confusing and difficult moments, it’s also important to come together to seek a better understanding of the full truth of a matter.
Why Faith Matters for the Long Game
Burnout can limit the effectiveness of many noble efforts and worthy social causes today. The deeper solution to such exhaustion may come from combining the empowerment of activism with the renewing energy of faith.
Personal Reconciliation: A Pathway to Peace
In our heightened political times, it is crucial to have the skills to heal the wounds of conflict. Here’s how.
Now is the Time for Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men
You’ve heard it before: “Peace on earth, goodwill to men.” Whether viewed as...
Balm for America’s Wounds
America has increasingly felt ripped apart at the seams. For the many who have felt this way, Joe Biden’s words this weekend felt reassuring and timely.
When Does the Poison of Our National Suspicion Become Lethal?
Early this morning, President Trump stood before the American people on the verge of another astounding upset and accused his opponents of fraud. When will the mounting levels of mutual suspicion and accusation take us past our breaking point as a country?
Injustice, Civil Unrest, and Finding Peace in the Book of Mormon
If we seek to end direct violence without paying more attention to structural and cultural contributors, will we be successful? Not if we’re paying attention to advice from the Book of Mormon.
A Rhetoric of Racial Despair
Anger and grief can inspire social progress. But they can also turn into rage and despair depending on the way we talk and think about what’s happening.
How Collective Healing Happens
In all the debate around appropriate accountability, reform, and policy change, far less attention has gone to how to find healing together as a people.
