Tip of the Day #7 - Peace Candles

When I was back at a conference in D.C a few years ago I went to a service at the National Cathedral. In the back of the Cathedral they had a display of peace candles that you could light. I lit one. After the service we were invited to take a candle back home to our churches and invite our congregations to join in the liturgy of lighting a candle for peace.

I carried a candle to Calvary. We burned this peace candle during worship for a while but then we misplaced the candle (or something) and it never got replaced. That we a few years ago.

Now we are lighting a candle for peace again in our service. This time it is a little different. There is a growing sense in our midst that we, as a church, need to be about peacemaking in our world. This time we have added a a "5 minute Prayer for Peace" and made the candle lighting a liturgical act proceeding the prayer. I feel a new Spirit among us calling us to do more in seeking peace in our world.

I came across this idea in my Internet wanderings as I was seeing how other faith communities are seeking to bring about God's peace in the world. This would be a way for us to bring our commitment to peace making at worship into our homes and neighborhoods.

What do you think?
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Join thousands of others around the world...
Light a Peace Candle in your front window each evening.

Let your neighborhood and the whole world know you support peaceful means of ending conflict, that you seek God's shalom in every area of life.

Make it your daily Peace Ritual a rite which comes from the heart & is supported in prayer.

Tell your friends and family about it.

Got a loved one serving in the military? On active duty?
Pray for them each time you light your peace candle.

Have a neighbor going through a difficult time? Send up a prayer for them.

Reporting from my small place in the world