An Active and Personal Peace

What shadow selves do we wish to love into the light of peace? (Photo by Candice Seplow on Unsplash)

Many forms of peace exist. Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote that White moderates, who should have been pro-civil rights, seemed to favor “a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice” (King 9–10).

Peace may be either active or inactive. Active peace involves addressing root causes that create turmoil, disturbance, upset, or any other quality that distresses…