A song to meet your worries: Taxman, by The Beatles, is the Peace Song of the Day for 4/17/2012.
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Category Archives: Nonviolence
Fighting is not the solution: Peace Song for 4/16
“Fighting Is Not The Solution“, performed by Brett Dennen (and friends), is the Peace Song of the Day for April 16th. This song can be found on an album of children’s peace songs, put together by The Mosaic Project. Grown-ups will probably also enjoy this song — and some of the other songs on the album, too. You can get Children’s Songs for Peace and a Better World through CD Baby: here.
The song has a great chorus, with simple words of wisdom: “Fighting is not the solution…Try conflict resolution.”
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Never kill another man: Peace Song of the Day for 4/9
“Never Kill Another Man” by The Steve Miller Band is the Peace Song of the Day for April 9th.
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Passover and Easter: 10 Ways To Foster Peace For The Holidays
The Spring Holidays are a perfect time for sharing and celebrating, as well as for learning and inspiring positive change.
Kimberly and Ian Wilder, the team behind Peace Couple, share interesting holidays. One of us is from a Jewish tradition, and the other is from a Christian tradition. Both of us resonate with Buddhism, and ancient, earth-based celebrations of the seasons.
Both Easter and Passover are Spring Holidays that celebrate renewal. Passover also celebrates Freedom.
We made a list in order to share some ideas and links for inserting peace and nonviolence into the Spring holidays.
10 Ways to foster peace for Easter and Passover
1. Put a tomato on your Seder plate. Continue reading Passover and Easter: 10 Ways To Foster Peace For The Holidays
Opera for Peace: Peace Song for 4/5/2012
“March With Me” is the Peace Song of the Day for April 5th. I believe that this is the first time that our daily peace song has been from the genre of opera. “March With Me” is performed by Montserrat Caballe and Vangelis. Ms. Caballe is a Spanish, operatic soprano. Vangelis is a Greek composer. Both have made a mark on popular culture.
The words to “March With Me” are beautiful and uplifting (and simple enough, that you may be able to memorize them.)
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Living with war everyday: Peace Song for 4/2/2012
“Living With War” by Neil Young is the Peace Song of the Day for April 2nd. You can find the album Living With War at Alibris: here
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Military Madness: Peace Song for 3/28/2012
“Military Madness” by Graham Nash is the Peace Song of the Day for 3/28/2012. It is on his album Songs for Beginners.
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