{"id":953,"date":"2017-05-23T05:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=953"},"modified":"2017-05-22T19:10:30","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T00:10:30","slug":"paths-to-peacefulness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2017\/05\/paths-to-peacefulness.html","title":{"rendered":"Paths to peacefulness"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is so disheartening to be surrounded by such challenges to peace. Violence is everywhere, as seen with an incident \"IMG_9686\"<\/a>in Manchester, United Kingdom. Going to enjoy music can be a dangerous thing.<\/p>\n

It’s hard to understand why people do what they do. We are all born with goodness in our hearts. Somewhere along the way things change and the heart might turn another way.<\/p>\n

What do you do to cultivate peace? How are you walking along a path for peace?<\/p>\n

Perhaps we can make a conscious effort every time we step or every path we take to make a prayer for peace. We need to pray for peace in the hearts of everyone we encounter and those we will come to know in due time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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