Wearing a button or posting a window sign may seem like a\u00a0small thing, but little things can stand out when no one else is doing anything.\u00a0 Yesterday Fran and I attended Villanova University’s\u00a0annual holiday social event.\u00a0 I was wearing my two usual “peace” buttons on my jacket lapel.\u00a0 One says “Faculty against the War” and the other is a cross connected to a peace sign (a symbol\u00a0that Jesus is the Prince of Peace).\u00a0 A considerable number of faculty commented\u00a0favorably on these buttons,\u00a0but\u00a0with a certain resignation often accompanied by\u00a0“But what can anyone do?”\u00a0 Well, you can wear a button yourself.\u00a0 But no one seems to be ready to take even that simple step.<\/p>\n
I made a point of speaking\u00a0with Fr. Donohue, the President of the University.\u00a0 His eyes went directly to my buttons when I approached (this is the usual response that I\u00a0receive from most people).\u00a0 I introduced myself, and he replied “I like\u00a0your\u00a0buttons.”\u00a0 I\u00a0said “Have you seen\u00a0the sign\u00a0in my window in\u00a0Tolentine Hall?”\u00a0\u00a0 His reply\u00a0 “I certainly have.”\u00a0 I went on to\u00a0explain that I had informed the Office of Mission Effectiveness about this, because the sign\u00a0conforms to the Villanova Mission Statement.\u00a0 If you want to know\u00a0what the deal is about this sign,\u00a0check my website http:\/\/www.peacefulways.com\/<\/a> and search for Jesus.<\/p>\n So perhaps more people are noticing and thinking than\u00a0seem to\u00a0let on.\u00a0 The best we can do is to let our lives speak.\u00a0 I realize there are some things bigger than I am, but there is nothing too big to question and to plant a seed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wearing a button or posting a window sign may seem like a\u00a0small thing, but little things can stand out when no one else is doing anything.\u00a0 Yesterday Fran and I attended Villanova University’s\u00a0annual holiday social event.\u00a0 I was wearing my two usual “peace” buttons on my jacket lapel.\u00a0 One says “Faculty against the War” and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-peace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacefulways.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacefulways.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacefulways.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacefulways.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacefulways.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacefulways.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacefulways.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacefulways.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.peacefulways.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}