Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

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The Violent Soul

This afternoon I pulled in front of the little pharmacy in East Berlin, PA to drop off two packages for UPS pickup. As I was unloading, my ears noticed the nearby church bells were playing a hymn that I’ve recently come to love and I thought it was an unusual selection to hear beautifully reverberating through the little main street of the town. I paused to listen long enough to confirm that it was playing “We’re Marching to Zion (Beautiful,...