I saw a segment on NBC Nightly News tonight about what Brian Williams called “the most urgent crisis unfolding in our world” – sectarian violence in Central African Republic between Christians and Muslims that has become so severe that it is decimating the population, affecting mostly children. The video is heartbreaking.

This is exactly the kind of violence that this website is intended to prevent.

Meanwhile, upstairs in my computer, this website is about 2/3 done and not yet launched… I chip away at it after a long work day each day and the progress seems so slow… but I am pedaling as fast as I can…

The question remains to be answered: can simple understanding help bring about peace? When conflict is necessarily built into the system of human growth, and when arrogance and the need to control is built into human nature… is it realistic to expect a Bigger Picture to put a rest to these terrible religious-based feuds?

We shall see over time. Here’s my first blog. Off we go.