{"id":529,"date":"2017-05-16T18:06:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T18:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritualquesters.org\/dev\/?p=529"},"modified":"2017-05-16T23:26:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T23:26:14","slug":"how-we-can-be-peacemakers-rev-rich-tafel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritualquesters.org\/dev\/how-we-can-be-peacemakers-rev-rich-tafel\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;How We Can Be Peacemakers&#8221; -Rev. Rich Tafel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-526 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritualquesters.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Childs_Hands_Holding_White_Rose_for_Peace_Free_Creative_Commons_1535619818-1-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"411\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spiritualquesters.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Childs_Hands_Holding_White_Rose_for_Peace_Free_Creative_Commons_1535619818-1-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spiritualquesters.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Childs_Hands_Holding_White_Rose_for_Peace_Free_Creative_Commons_1535619818-1-768x607.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spiritualquesters.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Childs_Hands_Holding_White_Rose_for_Peace_Free_Creative_Commons_1535619818-1-1024x809.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this sermon, delivered at the Church of the Holy City in Washington, D.C., Rev. Rich Tafel discusses the Beatitudes, and their ever-relevant call to be peacemakers amid socio-political division and adversity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click below for a PDF version of Rev. Tafel&#8217;s sermon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spiritualquesters.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/PeaceMakers.pdf\">&#8220;How We Can Be Peacemakers&#8221; -Rev. Rich Tafel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-527 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritualquesters.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/10661847_10154769410185602_6992884348237546363_o-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"114\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spiritualquesters.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/10661847_10154769410185602_6992884348237546363_o-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spiritualquesters.org\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/10661847_10154769410185602_6992884348237546363_o.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 114px) 100vw, 114px\" \/>Rev. Rich Tafel, an ordained minister in the Swedenborgian Church of North America, is pastor at the Church of the Holy City and Swedenborg Center for Spiritual Entrepreneurship in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>His proudest achievements are taking a lead in the 1980\u2019s as a leader in the battle against AIDS, and for LGBT rights and the effort to support developing countries suffering through the AIDS epidemic. Tafel has spent the last four years leading conclaves to address the growing hyper-partisanship in American culture. He is a frequent commentator on politics on TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In this sermon, delivered at the Church of the Holy City in Washington, D.C., Rev. Rich Tafel discusses the Beatitudes, and their ever-relevant call to be peacemakers amid socio-political division and adversity. &nbsp; Click below for a PDF version of Rev. Tafel&#8217;s sermon: &#8220;How We Can Be Peacemakers&#8221; -Rev. Rich Tafel &nbsp; Rev. 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