Contemplation and Peace

A Few Thoughts for Our Troubled Times

A Facebook friend shared with me that she has been“thinking about contemplative prayer as a resource for peacemaking or for community building.” Especially given the horrors in Orlando this past weekend, perhaps this is something we all need to be thinking about. Is contemplative prayer a meaningful tool for fostering reconciliation? Can it foster peace — not only inner peace, but peace in the world as well?

I don’t have any scientific data to help provid...