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Kunming Chen; Modeling Peace in Mind and Body

Kunming Chen; Modeling Peace in Mind and Body

Senior Kunming Chen is one of 25 recipients of a 2021 Student Peace Award of Fairfax County.  When he was nine, Kunming started studying kung fu in China as both a martial art and as a spiritual practice with the goal of inner peace and spiritual growth. As he advanced in his study of kung fu, Kunming left his home to live with and study the discipline under the guidance of martial arts masters…

[blessedbethenameofgodforever]

I am God’s Messenger of Peace.

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What Is Ritual? Rite, Ceremony, Symbolic Act, Intention, Connection A vital part of any ceremony or rite is ritual. A ceremony depends on ritual to imbue it with meaning. Rituals themselves are ceremonies, in that they “fit together” (the root of the word ritual) and honor the turning-point events of our lives, as well as our daily activities. Ritual is metaphor. A ritual uses symbolic acts to remind us of a truth, or to embody a concept by engaging the senses and the imagination, to enable us to see beyond what’s literally occurring, and experience different levels of meaning. For example, when a couple lights a unity candle during their wedding ceremony to symbolize the blending of two families, this is a symbolic act, and a ritual within the ceremony. In its most basic sense, a ritual is any action that we do with intention - whether just once or many times - as opposed to a habit, which is done regularly but perhaps mindlessly. A ritual connects us to the present moment, enabling us to become mindful, and attentive only to what we’re doing at that moment. For example, washing your hands could be a mindless habit. Or, you could decide that each time you do it, you’ll focus your attention and transform the act into a moment of gratitude for your hands, and everything they do for you and for others. The intention makes it a ritual. (Thanks to Rob Spencer for this idea!) Ritual connects us to levels of consciousness beyond the physical. It’s a beautiful opportunity to practice the gift of co-creating with the Divine, manifesting the sacred in our daily lives. (Some info adapted from The Art of Ritual, Renée Beck and Sydney Barbara Merick) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoZeKJzH-GH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qaud9wbx97fp

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The fullness of God the Creator – of everything! was pleased to have all of God’s own being (fullness) dwell in this itty bitty of a baby whose birth we claim to Celebrate on December 25th. Still, “without justice and love, peace is an illusion.” #DomHelderCamara The project of God’s justice – making all things right, reconciling us to God and each other, AND all creation (whether things on earth or things in heaven) – this project of God’s justice is fueled, empowered, made personal, purely by Love: by making peace through Christ’s blood, shed on the cross. Then, God’s presence will be known, the people will consult God - and pay attention, and an industry of war will no longer be necessary: indiscriminately, across the board, the only commerce will be the facilitation of peace. Put on the armor of light – walk in the light of Jesus. Live with honor. What does that look like to live honorably? For one, it means living honestly – let your actions live out what you believe. What is it that you believe? We believe in Jesus Christ – the messiah, anointed Present. So if you say that you believe in Jesus Christ, to live honorably is to act on that, to live it. Awake! remember your baptism and, together, let us center on Jesus who dwells in me and in you – take time allowing the spirit of Jesus (in whom God is pleased to dwell) to speak; confess our frenzy and anxiety at the onset of Advent. Awaken, and remember. Together we are members of peace. Know peace; be an instrument of peace. [to read/watch more, link in bio] . . . #Advent #peace #awake #rethinkchurch #ReCreate #dream #vision #paceofgrace #sanctification #reconcile #covenant #instrumentofpeace #womenclergy #feministpriest #feministpastor #nonbinary #inclusive #lovefirst #communion #paceofgrace #thepaceofgrace #argueitout #bewhoyouare #lovewashismeaning #reconciliation #covenant https://www.instagram.com/p/B5jyQw7AeSM/?igshid=8tnyk48g0l3j

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Sometimes being Pope means letting people walk all over you, and loving them anyways #paxetbonum #Assisi19 #InstrumentOfPeace #troubadorsofjoy #ofmconv (at Vaticano, Roma) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4nz7leHeQZ/?igshid=sx0kapco8fm

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What’s Really Happening? Tune in Sunday April 21st noon to 2 in studio 2b . It's the day after my birthday so listen and laugh at my old age.

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My @kamakahawaii 100 year anniversary #tenorukulele arrived yesterday in #seattle Couldn't be more excited after a visit to the #kamaka factory in #hawaii last week. Such a cool family run business that puts quality & #craftsmanship first, hires & trains local, honors tradition while staying forward thinking & relevant. #pnw #musicmatters #believeinmusic #instrumentofpeace (at London Bridge Studio)

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Turn between filming or not. 🎶🎸 . . . #ukulele #ukulelecover #ukuleleplayer #jax_the_uke #instrumentofpeace #thereshouldbeanukuleleemoji

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#prayerofstfranciskit #religiouscrewelkit #stfranciscrewelkit #instrumentofpeace #vintagecrewelkitstfrancis

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Today in church we were challenged with thought of how people will remember us when we're gone. As pastor was speaking, the words to this song (which I turned into this graphic earlier this year) were in my heart and mind. Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. O, Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love; For it is in giving that we receive; it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life. #walking with Jesus #instrumentofpeace

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Right Kind of Weird #newsong #inspiration #listen #uniquelyyou #instrumentofpeace #create #havefun #singer #songwriter #recording #letsgetweird

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“True religion is real living; living with all one’s soul, with all one’s goodness and righteousness.” - Albert Einstein Jesus asks his disciples, Who do you say that I am? Whom do you seek? For in this Jesus Christ all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell. God indwells Christ, abides with, and Jesus is God’s abode, dwelling place. And through Jesus, God reconciles to God All Things – making peace between us. And so dwells in us. In me. Jesus is God’s abode, and Jesus dwells in me – So this same Spirit, of the Anointed One, the Christ, makes an abode in me. In you. For whom do I create? Well, for everyone who listens to what comes from my mouth and views the art I’ve crafted. Ultimately, though, I know I do all of this because I believe in Jesus Christ, and the project of Kingdom building – a kin-dom of all creation, perfecting, becoming… Opening hearts, opening minds, opening doors. So why would I ever give potentate status to anyone other than Jesus? What convinces us that others’ opinions or disposition toward us should have unlimited power or influence over us? To say, “I believe in Jesus Christ,” ought to indicate that my life would display something of that belief. Christ, the Messiah, Redeemer – Anointed – is present, now. I believe this reality because I experience that nearness, the truth of Jesus’ voice and strength and love. And because if I don’t? where else can I go? everything about who am I will eventually fall apart.   What does it mean, might it look like, that we live our belief together? Maybe it means not looking to other “successful” churches to find answers to our problem of dwindling numbers, but look to the Presence, the Jesus Christ we claim to believe in, praying together for God’s leading, praying that we can be the light of Jesus in this world. Perhaps if we pray like we had nowhere else to go, we might even pray ourselves into truly believing it. [to keep reading/watch, link in bio] . . . #ChristTheKing #ReCreate #dream #vision #paceofgrace #sanctification #reconcile #covenant #instrumentofpeace #womenclergy #feministpriest #feministpastor #nonbinary #inclusive #lovefirst #paceofgrace #thepaceofgrace #lovewashismeaning https://www.instagram.com/p/B5QzNu9gcO0/?igshid=7xrbae95bp4j

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Can't go wrong with this intent .. mawning mi peeps 😊@Regrann from @keithmmac - #keithmacpherson #dailyintention #instrumentofpeace #nonviolence #peace #Regrann (at Turks And Caicos)

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What's Really Happening? 10/06/19

What’s Really Happening? 10/06/19

  Tune in Sunday October 5th, noon to 3pm  in studio 2b . I’ve got comedian/bartender Alexis Rutledge in studio. Music producer/front yard mechanic Peter Valdovinos will be in studio. We’ll also have music by the great Alvon Johnson . From Instrument of Peace we’ve got PJ Malone and Tommy Lafferty in studio.

It’s National Noodle Day so bring your noodle. I am a bad guy and I am a good guy. I…

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#keithmacpherson #dailyintention #instrumentofpeace #nonviolence #peace