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Friedens. The word is German for “peace.” Yet when I first eyeballed it, it looked like it might be the word for “friends.”
Maybe those Germans have come up with something. After all, the best doorway to peace is to establish a gentle life with friends–and likewise, an excellent avenue to friends is to arrive with a bit of peace. Put the two together and you come up with the essence of faith.
Peace, friends, faith.
Peace: Dear God, I will find my life in You. It’s a promise. If I’m willing to lose the confusing mass of mixed signals that I call my will, I will gain my life.
Friends: I will let you into my life. There’s a certain vulnerability to the process of interacting with other human beings which is simultaneously frightening and invigorating. If I am not willing to let you into my life, it’s difficult to make a case for true friendship.
Faith: We have life abundant. Once I discovered my peace by finding my life in God, and I’ve humbled myself to let you into my life, the miracle of fellowship allows us to share life abundantly. 
Sunday morning I will be with the Friedens United Church of Christ. We will share a peace that will lead to friendship and culminate in faith.
Friedens
There is a place of peace
Where human fears release
Holding our trembling soul
Worry taking its toll
For then our mind will ease
Turmoil finally cease
And rest warm with others
Our sisters and our brothers
Breathe the scent Divine
Allow our light to shine
Sense what we dream to be
The truth that makes us free.
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