III.
Vows of Nonviolent
Witness
“We
pledge to act in allegiance to God alone, and to resist injustice with
goodness”
- I
will speak up in defense and protection of anyone, even enemies, who are
attacked with violence of word or action, even at the risk of my own life.
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| (Isaac Beachy, Fellowship of Reconciliation Colombia) |
Isaac discovered at least one very
important thing from the San Jose de Apartado Peace Community in northwest Colombia:
struggle for God’s shalom is not easy! In his February 2011 blog entry,
Isaac admits: “When I first wrote the title to this blog [‘With the Struggle’]
I had no idea what a struggle meant. Before, a struggle was an exciting story
full of graffiti, marches, people power, powerful Spanish protest songs and was
victorious. Struggling or being with a struggle seemed like an adventure to
me... Now fully understanding the emotional and often physical cost of being in
a struggle, I see it’s not something you do for fun.”
