“I’m so tired of all the conflict and division.”
“Why can’t people be nice and get along?”
“Can we stop with all the drama already?”
I hear these statements (and have said them myself) with increasing frequency. I think most of us are “conflict-avoidant” by nature. It’s part of the reason we live where we do… Fewer humans equals (or should equal) less conflict.
Blessed are the peacemakers, Jesus told his followers, something to aim…