Remembering Walter Wink, Peacemaker And Teacher
For more than 30 years, Walter Wink preached about the dangers of violence and unchecked powers in our world. He influenced countless men and women. Simply mentioning his name in a community—and seeing what response one gets—signals a lot about the culture of peacemaking in that community. Know Wink’s work? Then, this is a group of people seriously steeped in the theology of nonviolence and transformative peacemaking. But, a prophet is largely unknown in his own hometown. Although he was associated with both Union and Auburn seminaries in New York—and involved in national debates on peacemaking throughout the 1980s and 1990s—the New York Times did not see fit to print an obituary on his May 10 passing. http://www.readthespirit.com/
I think we should not judge the worth of a person’s life by whether he gets an obituary in a major newspaper.Jesus,Paul(in the christian context) and Mr. Makiguchi,the first president of the ‘peace-making’ Buddhist movement,Soka Gakkai did not get any honours at the time of their demise.Mr. Makiguchi died in prison-alone.Even his family members were not with him at the time of death.What matters is how we personally see ourselves.If we have done our ‘homework’ well,then,at the final moment of our lives,we can die in peace.