Peace is a calling
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. – Matthew 5:9 Just over 20 years ago, in a 100-day period, the genocide in Rwanda resulted in the deaths of almost one million Tutsis and moderate Hutus, just about 20 percent of the country’s total population. Last November, I visited a former Catholic church, now a memorial, an hour outside of Kigali in the village of Nyamata. On April 10, 1994, about 10,000 people were killed in and around this church. People had gathered in the church and padlocked themselves in. The Hutu militia broke down the doors and massacred the people in the church and in the surrounding villages with their rifles, grenades and machetes. The remains of 250,000 people are buried on the grounds of the former church. And the clothing of the victims is stacked high in the sanctuary. In an underground vault, thousands of skulls are displayed as a memorial to those who have died. While I was in Kigali with