Peace By Memory: 2007 Peace Sunday Packet

Memory is one of the primary handles we have to the roots of our faith. All people of faith have immediate experiences of transcendence but even those experiences are built on the foundation of memory. Memory keeps the significance of past events relevant and meaningful for the present. On Remembrance Day the country we live in asks us to remember the sacrifice of soldiers who died and are dying in battle. What does the church ask us to remember? We also remember conscientious objectors to war and we remember Christian peacemakers such as Tom Fox, who died in the line of duty. We remember the ultimate peacemaker, Jesus Christ. The memory of Jesus motivates us to live in the Jesus way.