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On the frontline -- in humanitarian crises, in wars overseas, and around some kitchen tables here at home -- I'd seen that peace is more than the absence of war, and that a good life entails more than the absence of suffering. A good peace, a solid peace, a peace in which communities can flourish, can only be built when we ask ourselves and each other to be more than just good, and better than just strong. And a good life, a meaningful life, a life in which we can enjoy the world and live with purpose, can only be built if we do more than live for ourselves.

-- Eric Greitens, The Heart and The Fist: The Education of a Humanitarian, the Making of a Navy Seal

This man, in the first chapter of this book, has perfectly summed up my beliefs.  We need not have faith to serve others, to fight for them, to protect them from harm and to insure they are able to care for themselves.  Life is a cooperative game. We share one planet.  We share the world's first successful democratic republic.  We share Abraham Lincoln and the military genius of General Lee.

Our differences should not divide us, but cause us to devote ourselves ever more to compromised solutions that give each of us the right to our priorities.

Because:


As you go,
I go,
We go.

We stand together, as a family, community, nation and world.  Failure to do so -- now, just as during the Civil War -- means we fall alone.

There are a number of problems in the world, in this country and in every community.  Winning for the sake of power is not a solution.  For peace, for justice, for the sake of humanity and the continuation of humankind far into the future, power must be shared, and shared equally.  This is the world Jesus tried to bring to fruition.  This is how we create A True World of Faith.