{"id":2435,"date":"2026-11-12T08:55:05","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T12:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=2435"},"modified":"2026-11-12T08:55:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T12:55:06","slug":"being-a-peacemaker-this-journey-we-call-our-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=2435","title":{"rendered":"Being A Peacemaker  ::  THIS JOURNEY WE CALL OUR FAITH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 11\/08\/26 by Pastor Steve Shields.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What does peacemaking mean?<\/strong> It is not simply the absence of conflict. It is not appeasement. It is not denial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/SermonOnlySlide-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/SermonOnlySlide-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/SermonOnlySlide-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/SermonOnlySlide-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/SermonOnlySlide-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/SermonOnlySlide-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Peacemaking means to create peace where it was not.<\/strong> It means to fight a battle. It means to engage in a spiritual battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The pathway to peacemaking is to be willing to recognize conflict. <\/strong>To be ready to see and take ownership of your fault which takes humility. The pathway to peacemaking shows honor and justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The fuel that empowers peacemaking is to intentionally trust God, to freely receive and freely give mercy and to commit to doing the right thing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Being a peacemaker is to create peace for the glory of God.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7819\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2435-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20261108BeingAPeacemakerTHISJOURNEYWECALLOURFAITH.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20261108BeingAPeacemakerTHISJOURNEYWECALLOURFAITH.mp3\">https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20261108BeingAPeacemakerTHISJOURNEYWECALLOURFAITH.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20261108BeingAPeacemakerTHISJOURNEYWECALLOURFAITH.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?powerpress_pinw=2435-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2026\/20261108BeingAPeacemakerTHISJOURNEYWECALLOURFAITH.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20261108BeingAPeacemakerTHISJOURNEYWECALLOURFAITH.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 11\/08\/26 by Pastor Steve Shields. What does peacemaking mean? It is not simply the absence of conflict. It is not appeasement. It is not denial. Peacemaking means to create peace where it was not. It means to fight a battle. It means to engage in a spiritual battle. The pathway &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=2435\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Being A Peacemaker  ::  THIS JOURNEY WE CALL OUR FAITH&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[479,469],"class_list":["post-2435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcasts","tag-beingapeacemaker","tag-thisjourneywecallourfaith"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9XvIY-Dh","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2435"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2446,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435\/revisions\/2446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}