Persistent Peace

We were blessed to have John Dear with us yesterday here at the Chapter .... my head and heart are still processing everything he shared and challenged us with.

He has an autobiography coming out tomorrow (Friday). I just got an email from him via Pax Christi regarding the book that I'd like to share with you here:

As you may know, my autobiography, A Persistent Peace, (440 pages with a foreword by Martin Sheen) is being published this week, on Friday August 1st, by Loyola Press. I've spent many years working on it, and hope it will inspire others to embark on the spiritual journey of peacemaking and Gospel nonviolence. The times are terrible, but there are signs of hope everywhere, and I hope more and more people will take up the nonviolent struggle for justice and disarmament, and spend their lives working to abolish war, poverty, nuclear weapons and global warming, in order to welcome God's reign of peace in our midst.

So I'm writing today to invite you to consider a few ways you can help me spread the word about A Persistent Peace:

1. Buy the book this Friday! A Persistent Peace will be available on Friday, August 1st at www.amazon.com as well as major bookstores. If you purchase the book at www.amazon.com on August 1st, it will help bump it up on the best- sellers list enabling more people to learn about it and major papers to review it.

2. Write a Review. If you enjoyed the book, please write a review of it at www.amazon.com , or in any journals, newsletters or other places. That would be a big help.

3. Tell your friends. Please consider telling your friends, relatives, and networks about the book. You can read about it at: www.persistentpeace.com. Perhaps you might send this email out to your friends, relatives and networks, and ask them to order the book on August 1st as well.

4. Support My Fall Book Tour. I'll be traveling the country throughout the fall, using the book to talk about our journey to peace, the nonviolent way of Jesus, and the need to abolish war, poverty, nuclear weapons and global warming. Perhaps you could come to an event near you and bring your friends. For the schedule, check out: www.johndear.org.

Thank you for your consideration, your help, and all you do for peace and justice! I am very grateful for anything you might be able to do to help get the word out about A Persistent Peace. May the God of peace bless us all with every gift of peace!