blessed are the peacemakers

Our Chair (Manjula Sood) and Vice Chair (Tony Nelson) saw - and made some amendments to - the letter to the Leicester Mercury before it was emailed to their Mailbox eafrly this evening. It was copied to several other members, one of whom responded by calling it "eirenic". I had to look up the definition of this word. Here's the first online definition I found:

eirenic adj. promoting peace. eirenicism, noun. such state of mind. eirenicon, noun. such act. eirenics, noun. theology aiming at religious unity.

Religions are known to encourage their followers to be be at peace. Most people who would call themselves religious would be glad to be in such a state. But greater than being at peace oneself is the act of bringing it to others. It would be a good result if this letter could be seen as an example of that by a wide number of readers. that would count as a good response by the Council of Faiths.

I know that to say, "you learn something new every day" is a truism, but I find that to be the case in this job.