A Silent Night Amid the Killing - Ben Metzler

About this episode

Ben Metzler reflects on the Christmas Eve truce during World War 1 and its implications for peace in our lives today.

During World War 1, opposing soldiers called a battlefront truce on Christmas Eve. Ben Metzler asks us to think about what this reveals. They knew the Prince of Peace should bring peace. Do we? Or do we buy into the hostilities around us?

People in this episode

Guest: Ben Metzler

Topics covered

• Christmas truce
• World War 1
• peace
• hostility
• spiritual reflection

Keywords

• Christmas Eve
• truce
• peace
• hostilities
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Silent Night

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