Blog4Peace 2026 ~ Dona Nobis Pacem ~ Join us!

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Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Welcome to the 21st year of peace blogging! (2006-2026)

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Dona nobis pacem ~ Grant us Peace

This year's theme is.... Let It Be Known
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About this year's theme for November 4th -  One word has been rolling around in my pencil head for a couple of months. That word is SAY. Don't you have something to SAY? In all my years of reading your work, I've never respected you more than I do now. I see you everywhere SPEAKING UP with kindness and intelligence - thoughtfully, respectfully, as peace bloggers do.  I hear you loud and clear. There is much to talk about in the world today, much to discuss, much to share...and much to change.  
It is time to SAY.It is time to Let It Be Known
No matter the corner of the globe you call home, surely we all want a more peaceful world. Not just an end to war, but peace on our streets, in our homes, our communities, our families and neighborhoods.Do you know that our words bring us together? At least for one day, we are united.I feel it every single year on November 4th. This amazing EARTH is the home we shareand every year there is a raging war somewhere 
So, on November 4th let's act like we live under the same roof, the way a family should act. Let's be the change. Let's walk it out. Let It Be Known not only in the words you saybut by the walk you walk.

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When you speak PEACE to war, you bring light to dark places.When you speak PEACE to poverty, you bring hope to despair.When you speak PEACE to anything, you change the atmosphere.You illuminate. You inspire. You SAY.Keep SAYING!
Let your beliefs, your hopes, your dreams, even your rants....be known.This year's theme is wide open.It is the year to
PICK YOUR PASSION
It is the year to stake your legacy. What words do you want your grandchildren to read? What mountain will you die on? What do you stand for? What issues are you passionate about? What stories do you long to tell?
This inclusive community has always embraced diversity and equality. All cultures, backgrounds, religions, are welcome here. We SAY. We respect.  Dona nobis pacem ~ Grant us PeaceNo blog? You can write those three words in a Facebook post. Done! We've been declaring it for twenty-one years all over the world.Somewhere along the way, we became a Tribe.
I need my Tribe today

When peace bloggers visit each other on Blog4Peace day, we are shaking hands, we are holding space, we are saying I HEAR YOU and I SEE YOU. I RESPECT YOU.Nobody does that better than peace bloggers.
Let's go deeper this year. Please visit each other! Look for those little blue flying globes. You'll notice a shift in the atmosphere. Happens every year.Somebody SAYSSomebody SPEAKSSomebody starts a WORD
Cover your words with compassionFuel them with empathy...then bathe them in Love.
Peace bloggers plant words in tired soil Each year we water, you see...to reap a good harvest

Peace bloggers are part of something bigger than themselves. In the past you've written poetic words about the peace you want to see in the world - and that is awesome! - but you can also write essays on justice, freedom, global issues, poverty, human rights, equality, social issues,  environmental activism, technology, food shortages, policy change, the economical landscape or anything else you heart needs to talk about. Issues we share as a global community are especially urgent this year. And while you're at it, tell us how we can do better. 
All roads lead to peace? No, they don't. Some roads lead to destruction.Write about it. Help us find the way home.
 Pick your passion.Write it like you mean itLET IT BE KNOWN 
 In a world of much beauty, miracles, and abundance....  violence, war, suffering and poverty also exist.   We need each other.This year especially feels bleak and urgent. You've spoken Dona nobis pacem from 214 countries and territories over the years!SAY IT AGAIN
This is not the hour to grow faint.You have to speak power to your peaceand peace to your power. The only way to do that is to put legs to your legacy.and while you're at itWalk with Thunder
Words without Walk are just words -They ring hollowand whoever heard of a hollow peace?
Your walk must follow wordsYour walk will demonstrate loveor your walk will demonstrate hateBecause words are powerful
You want to know what else is powerful?SilenceThis is not an hour to be quiet
SAY 
2008 Holding up my Voting sticker
Let's build our world with words that harness the power of peaceful intent, because, my friends, intention is everything.
Love is speakingCan't you hear it?

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 I am forever thankful to be in your company.Your words are powerful and important to all of us.
Let It Be Known!
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Blog4Peace 2025 ~ The Tundra Year

Welcome to the 20th year of Blog4Peace!

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Our 2025 theme is Speak Love 

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Dona Nobis Pacem ~ The Tundra Year

      When we started peace globes in 2006, I wrote a post called The Silence of Peace  about the influence of my beloved grandfather on my formative years and how he shaped the way I see the world. He's been gone a long time and I still miss him so much, but his words and actions live on through the peace globes that fly each year around the Internet world, requiring us to think about peace and what it means to us. 

My mission was to see the words Dona nobis pacem (Latin for Grant us Peace) scrawled on the roughly 70 million blogs reported to exist at that time, just for one day. A simple idea of unity and intention. I was a naive new blogger, overly-ambitious, trusting in the goodness of people and the wisdom of goodness. My heart was full of expectation and joy.  

Were there 70 million posts? No. But words hold power, whether seven or seventy.  What happened over the years proved quality over quantity matters. We've become a lovely worldwide community of connected poets, writers and artists. When Blogging moved to many other social media platforms, the peace globes moved with them. And yet, each year, we find ourselves here again to blog for peace and share our thoughts with the world. 

It's been my honor to speak peace with you  all these years. 

In the year 2025, I write to answer the question, 'What brings me peace?'

only to find that I've landed in the same truth. Full Circle.

 Deep down on the inside of me I could feel it as I wrote it again. In 2006, I wrote about the day I first felt real peace in my life. And this year, it all came tumbling out on the blog page again, along with my tears - vivid memories, no abandon, no regret, now solidly entrenched in the core of this little blog movement.  I wrote. You wrote. We all said the same thing from 214 countries and territories.  Then came The Doll Box, river words, Papa's fedora and much much more. 

So I honor my grandfather, my Papa, today. 

Returning to the framework he built from day one, in my writer's eye I could see a wooden railing in a little country church, graced by the presence of a kneeling praying grandfather, who wore a white starched shirt and all the faith he had on his sleeve.  I traveled back in time to a memory that is as clear and palpable today as it was in the 1970s and as it reappeared on this blog in 2006. What have I learned in twenty years? The.power.of.words.

 One night he took me by the hand and led me to the altar with him. 

He knelt down on one knee, elbow resting on the other, and silently voiced his heart.  Tightly grasping my hand with his left hand, I knelt beside him,  snuggled under the arm of his tweed jacket, surrounded by the presence of many such men who sought God that Fall revival night. In a country church in the middle of the middle of nowhere on a crisp autumn full moon evening, all of Heaven came to hear Papa and his friends talking to their Maker in worship and reverence.  

They were surrendered. 

I was mesmerized.

A buzz of spiritual language filled the room, groanings and cries, hallelujahs, amens, tears and pleas, laughter, joy, community. Then just as suddenly, and much louder ~ silence and stillness. 

A Presence fell. 

Is there anything more beautiful than a room full of true worshippers in unity, unashamed, locked in, gathered around a sacred wooden altar, holding court with God Almighty?  I think not. I know not.

What a privilege it was to behold, to experience. My fourteen-year-old hippie-bent soul wanted more. From that day on, I ran after that feeling. 

I felt the power, as undeniable as the appliqued flower-power daisy plastered to my jeans, as sweet as the smell of Papa's tobacco pipe-infused tweed coat, and as safe as the crook of his arm; the place where I loved to linger, where I learned to listen in the wee hours of a work morning as he gathered his things for the day, whispering "Dear Gracious Heavenly Father" as only a granddaughter can hear, as he lovingly lifted lyrics to Heaven on my behalf.  They covered me. He covered me. Jesus covered both of us. Those words held connection to eternity. In turn, those utterings and unctions  kept him reaching higher and higher. And I kept reaching for him.

Because he was the place of peace that I needed. 

A place where his unconditional love yielded safety and calm.

A place where no separation exists.

He knew how to find it. 

And I wanted it.

OVer the years he taught me how to find it by his example,

so that when he couldn't be with me, I could find it myself. 

I know that Presence to this day, because Papa birthed it in me. He still holds my hand and I still hear his voice, rising and falling, gently squeezing my small fingers with each inhalation and nuance of prayer. Wherever the Spirit led him, I went too. 

It was so holy I could barely breathe. 

I've spent this entire year deliberately inserting myself into that space again. Distractions have plagued me, physical struggles have been challenging, sickness and stress. The toll on my mind  and body has been significant.  This has been a year of pain and falling down, only to rise and fall again, reaching for that space of quiet and strength. 

I call it The Tundra Year - 

a long cold winter of the soul and a short cool summer.

And yet....inside of me an arsenal of weaponry appeared, quite boldly, and firmly at my disposal. It smelled of wooden benches and tobacco tweed. 

By the bedside on my knees, gently walking in the forest, weeping with frustration, calling on my Maker, hunkering down into healing Scriptures, studying remedy and science,  writing, angry whining, falling again, questioning, rising  and starting over. 

 Has your faith ever been tested in the fire? This was my year.

 Then one day, just as surely as winter snow creates new intricate patterns on leaves in the forest, 

a renewing of my mind fiercely began. 

But it wasn't easy. The process caught up to my jagged wonky physical complexities and made the battle more intense for awhile. Like a flash of dangerous lightning attempting to disguise itself inside thunder, once more it tried to sap my strength and make me weak.  

Then something akin to flights of silver-winged birds whispered,

 "You are not weak. You are strong."

I began to say it. I am strong. I am strong. I am strong. 

I began to believe it. I began to walk in it. I stopped falling down.

Until I landed in the Grace that had been there all along. 

I am on a healing journey. I am strong. I am strong. I am strong. I am strong!

My journey of faith and prayer and peace began at that altar of supplication in the 70s, where I witnessed what it is, what it looks like, what it sounds like, what it feels like to focus energy and love and compassion with all your might before a Mighty Creator. 

Likewise, we focus energy and love and peace and compassion with all our might on the world we share on the cusp of each November. 

I am strong. I am strong. I am strong.

 You must believe in the power of your words. Say something. Speak right things over yourself, your family and your world. See yourself healed. See the world healed. Pray for your neighbors and your enemies. Lift your thoughts to a higher realm, where peace and rest is not only possible but expected.

Papa expected the world to change when he prayed.

So do I. 

There is no other option. 

 

Where's your altar? 

Does your heart flow from there? 

 

 "Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter." (Psalm 74.17)

 My Tundra has been no difference or worse than most everyone on the planet this year. This verse gives me courage. Papa would approve. 

Why did he feel compelled to pull me to the altar with him that night? Why did he hold on so tight, forming an unbroken chain between my hand, his hand, and God's hand? It remains.

His act of love nd obedience changed the course of my life. In that moment I found God's peace for the first time in my life. Transfer. Synergy. Life-altering, Truth. Only Divine LOVE does that.

I still believe in the power of words as has been our motto for twenty years.  I believe in the collective power of intention. I believe in you as you speak Dona Nobis Pacem one more time into the atmosphere. One voice. One subject. One day.

Happy 20th anniversary, Dear Peace Bloggers! 

What started from a bowl of Papa's earth marbles has gathered writers and artists from all walks, religions and backgrounds speaking into each other and for our troubled world, just as Papa spoke his prayers and love into me.  In summer. And in cold dark winters.

Powerful words spoken in love must make a difference ..... breathing  and birthing and shaking and sifting towards change - in our own hearts first, where it always begins- until we reach the dawning of a new peace-laden world for everyone.

God speed that day and God bless each and every one of you.

 

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Blog4Peace ~ Hold The Light

Welcome to the 19th year of peace blogging! 

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Dona Nobis Pacem ~ 

Hold The Light

The year was 1968.  Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy had been slain. Our country was in turmoil. The controversial war in Vietnam polarized our politics and our hearts. Richard Milhous Nixon was about to become the 37th President of the United States. 

I was about to begin my education. 

                                     It started at the back door.

                A knock.

"Come on in, Joe!" Papa exclaimed with a laugh. "And Joe, come around to the front door. I'll let you in."  In some areas of the south in the sixties, visiting black men in small town USA, still did not approach the front door of a white man's residence. Fifty-six years later, we've made progress...but there is much work to do. 

I do not know the direction my Grandfather's politics would have taken had he lived to see this election, but I can promise you one thing: the candidate's social status, the color of his skin, his religious affiliation, political slant, or the cost of his shoes would not have mattered. Papa's welcomes were equally sincere and easily given. 

The man needed a job. He couldn't feed his family. I heard low whispers from the living room and shuffling of money. My grandmother brought coffee and cake; then the front door shut.

 Lesson one duly noted. 

At my grandfather's wake, literally half the town showed up. There was a "colored" funeral home and "white" funeral home. It was out of the ordinary for blacks to visit the dead on the other side of the tracks. 

But visit they did. 

I heard stories I'd never heard.

"One day at work, your Papa noticed my feet were almost bare. 

He gave me his shoes."

" He helped me and my family keep our home."

"He brought groceries to our house and in the winter he kept our furnace lit."

"He paid my telephone bill and brought toys for Christmas."

"He bought school clothes for my kids."

 Apparently, he'd been sneaking around with blessing baskets for years. Then I started to remember those strange quiet back door whispers, "coincidental" meetings on the sidewalk, times when my grandmother had to suddenly whip up a chocolate cake, and rides in his station wagon to places he never talked about. "Stay here, Sis. I'll be right back," he'd say.
I always wondered what those porch conversations were about. Now I know.

He was the bridge builder. And the door opener. 

And the example of moral courage in my life. 

He was my light holder

Today, when I visit his double-hearted spirit in the cemetery, I'm reminded of this photo. When I developed the picture long ago, my shadow had fallen across the stone. It looks as though we are perfectly in sync - still.  Now, I choose to let my shadow fall upon his and allow his to fall upon mine.  With whom do you align? Choose carefully.

It started me thinking how my time has eerily overlapped his time - a slice of American history that was shameful in so many respects - the abundance of ignorance, the quest for power, were just background noise to the voices that truly mattered...those that marched and voted and wrote policy. 

What it boils down to is the right of all persons to be treated with dignity and respect. 

Those voices still speak in us. 

Collectively, we are more than a stump speech and a soundbite.

The voices of our time matter too.

Unrest and violence prevailed in 1968.

Unrest and violence still thunder in 2024.

Please hold the light for those in darknessPlease hold the light for those in needSet your foot rightly, for the downtroddenmight come to your door

Let it deliver and emancipate like Peter's shadow in the Book of Acts. 

Let it heal people. Let it love people. 

That's what light does.

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Dona Nobis Pacem (Blog4Peace) 2024 ~ Join us!

Announcing Blog4Peace ~ Post4Peace November 4, 2024 Join us on blogs and social mediaIt's our 19th year of peace blogging in the Blogosphere!Click HERE for free templatesClick HERE for HOW TO
This year's THEME is... Hold The Light 

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When was the last time you held the Light for someone? These days it seems that the whole world is stumbling around in darkness. If we listen to the loudest and most critical voices, we can easily come to that conclusion.But it's not so.
We don't have to watch people stumble or be confused. We don't have to respond. We don't have to add to the momentum of suffering and deceit in this world by default. Do you know that there are people who need you to hold the light for them? Hold space. Hold the line. Hold the Light. We're all having a hard time right now.
I'm not talking about judging them or trying to convince them to go your way - there's too much of that happening already. We can love people without agreeing with them. Can't we? 
When I was a little girl, my Dad worked on cars and faucets and mechanical issues around the house. He could fix anything. I was his "light holder." I wasn't very good at it and sometimes he'd fuss if the caged light I was holding swerved to the left or the right. Why was he frustrated with me? Because I had one job. ONE JOB. And that job was to hold the light for him.
His task was daunting. It was dark and he was weary. He needed to SEE. I couldn't see what he was seeing and I certainly couldn't help him; but I could stand steady and still, listening to his voice and directions, offering illumination and support.He didn't need a play-by-play of why I couldn't hold the light still or what my opinion was about how he was fixing things. My opinion, my argument, my sass...didn't matter.I had one job. He couldn't do the job without me and that light. 

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You don't have to speak to hold it - just hold it.You don't have to expose or uncover or guide or judge the path they have chosen.You just have to be there and let them find their way. 
AND SOMETIMES....holding a Light means railing against injustices and CHANGE that needs to happen! Your words won't help them see but the unconditional silent steady light and TRUTH flowing from you to themheld without judgmentwithout opinionwithout directionsmeans that the one needing light has a clear path to make decisionsone that isn't muddied with your opinion, your "rightness" or the loudest voicewhether they're fixing a carburetor or mapping out a plan for world peaceor choosing the leader of the free world
The most powerful words of all are the ones we deliver in deed.Sometimes that means standing stilland holding a Light
We can do that, right?How will you do that?That is the question I want us, as peace bloggers, to answer ************

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