God of life, lead us to build peace in today's world

My final plenary at WCC - the peace plenary, sharing stories, images and signs of hope that God is leading us to justice and peace. It began with the usual greetings from church leaders including one from Lebanon.

The Anglican Archbishop from Capetown, South Africa, introduced two speakers - Leymah Gbowee a peace activist from Liberia and Nobel Peace laureate, who spoke about the movement of women who activate for peace, and Dr Chang Yoon Jae (Seoul) speaking about peace on the Korean Peninsula concerns over nuclear power plants in Asia,a nd environmental issues. He asked for the lights to be dimmed in the auditorium and then lit a candle in the darkness. 'It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness'. We sang together, 'this little light of mine' in the darkness (well, almost darkness - plenty of flashes from the cameras focused on the little candle!). Very moving.