i love dar williams

i love her for her music (and you should too!) but that's not what this post is about. i love her most recently for a quote of hers i found when i was playing around on one of her fansites

"Peacekeeping is not only a central characteristic of the gospel. Peacemaking is the greatest need of the world today. We are the daughters and sons of God, and that means we are called to be peacemakers, whether we like it or not. It's a responsibility of all of us to pursue peace for its own sake, for the sake of the future for our children." dar williams

you may notice that dar says we are 'called' to be peacemakers. i think that many people feel that you have just one call.and many people, who aren't of the religious persuasion may not even be familiar with the language of call. even in religious circles, such as the one i hang in, the idea of call is something that, i think, is feared a little bit. like if god is calling you to do something or be something, you really don't want to do it. this isn't always the case, and i think that we are called to do many things in your life. literally the day after i discovered a super fantastic seminary (eden, in st louis) we found out dad had cancer. and about 3 weeks later i was at a gathering with the other youth leaders i work with and i was telling them how i felt pulled between leaving for seminary and staying in state college to hang with the family and help them out. and one of the other leaders just kept saying to me 'yes. but what is god calling you to do'. and i don't think i really realized until much later (when a friend pointed it out to me) that my calling in life has many facets. yes i am called into the ordained ministry so i'm (hopefully) going to seminary, but another part of my call is to my family and being a part of their caregiving network. i'm called to fighting injustice and that is something that will continue through my life, as a believer in jesus christ i'm called to serve and love those around me. and, i agree with dar, i am called to be a peacemaker. i enjoy the challenge of fufilling the call and greatly look forward to finding the way in which i will do that.

i just really really REALLY love this quote. it gets me all jazzed and makes me eager to move on to seminary. the school i want to go to has all my stuff and i'll be hearing soon i they'll take me or not. i didn't sleep well last night, the construction site across the way had trucks moving around until midnight or so and then i woke up a few times throughout the night. i'm journaling my sleep this week to talk about it at therapy next week. fun fun fun. i'd kill for a whole week of normal sleeping. it hasn't happened since i got sick a few months ago. sigh.
night kids. love and hugs.r