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“A society concerned with shalom will care for the most marginalized among them. God has a special concern for the poor and needy, because how we treat them reveals our hearts, regardless of the rhetoric we employ to make ourselves sound just.”

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“A denouement is not a complete or fully resolved ending but a satisfying closure to a story. [in French translates 'an untying, a relaxing of a knot of complexity'] Denouement is the rest that comes when all the disparate plot lines of a story, gnarled and taut, have been untied and an order has come about that brings a new moment of shalom.”

Healing Shalom Denouement

Book:To Be Told: God Invites You to Coauthor Your Future

Source: To Be Told: God Invites You to Coauthor Your Future

“Shalom is the medicine I’d prescribe for Jerusalem—a deep, God-breathed indwelling of peace and prosperity and blessing. An end to the unrest and a sense of wholeness is what the Holy City needs. It’s what the Middle East needs. It’s what I need.”

Peace Prayer Blessing Middle East Jerusalem Shalom Middle East Conflict Holy City

Book:A Year of Living Prayerfully

Source: A Year of Living Prayerfully

“The shattering [of shalom] moves us from a place of shalom to a place that is harsh and unrelenting. The shattering brings us a keen awareness that we are alone and in danger. We are on our own.”

Healing True Self Shalom False Self

Book:To Be Told: God Invites You to Coauthor Your Future

Source: To Be Told: God Invites You to Coauthor Your Future

“Justice is the state that exists when there is equity, balance, and harmony in relationships and in society. Injustice is the state that exists when unjust people do violence to peace and shalom and create inequity, imbalance, and dissonance.”

Justice Violence Relationship Harmony Injustice Equity Shalom Inequity

Book:Pursuing Justice: The Call to Live & Die for Bigger Things

Source: Pursuing Justice: The Call to Live & Die for Bigger Things

“Shalom is communal, holistic, and tangible. There is no private or partial shalom. The whole community must have shalom or no one has shalom. As long as there are hungry people in a community that is well fed, there can be no shalom. . . . Shalom is not for the many, while a few suffer; nor is it for the few while many suffer. It must be available for everyone.”

Community Justice Hunger Shalom

Author:Randy S. Woodley

“Shalom is not a utopian destination; it is a constant journey.”

Utopia Shalom

Author:Randy S. Woodley

“God commands both individuals and the society in which they live to be generous and always take care of the poor. In such a community, shalom has a chance to thrive. In such a community, God will actually be glad to assign his name and dwell.”

Poor Generosity Shalom

Author:Randy S. Woodley

“(from chapter 3, "What Makes A Good Story?") "Our willingness to hold dear the moments of past shalom prepares us to imagine a new and better day, and, even more to move toward that day with passion and purpose.”

True Self Shalom

Book:To Be Told: God Invites You to Coauthor Your Future

Source: To Be Told: God Invites You to Coauthor Your Future

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