Making Peace In The World
Posted on August 31, 2009
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James Twyman, the Peace Troubadour, got his nickname because of his peacemaking efforts around the world. He is a talented man who uses his abilities to unite people of all faiths through writing, film, and music.
James music has been heard by those at the Pentagon, United Nations, the US Capitol, and at projects like The Cloth of Many Colors. It has also been heard in hostile areas. He has made performances for millions in Iraq, Ireland, South Africa, Bosnia, and Serbia.
Three of James most popular books include Emissary of Light, Emissary of Love, and his most recent, The Moses Code. The Moses Code is set for film release soon, joining other films he has produced, including the award-winning Indigo.
The Beloved Community is an organization for all religions, and it has 400 peace ministers all over the world. James Twyman is the president. He also founded the Seminary of Spiritual Peacemaking.
James was raised in a Catholic home. At the age of 18, he decided to become a Franciscan. In 1986, James heard about a spiritual meeting in Assisi, in which religious leaders of the world came together to pray for peace. Representing their religions were the Pope for Catholicism, the Dalai Lama for Buddhism, and so on. There were twelve in all.
The meeting in Assisi was a pivotal point in the life of James Twyman. He saw that people of different backgrounds can come together for a single cause showing their similarities rather than their differences.
In 1994, a friend gave James a copy of the twelve prayers from that day in 1986. The page sat in his drawer for over a week before he finally took it out to read it. After reading the first prayer, James was so overcome with music that he wondered if it was in his head or in the next room.
Within an hour of reading the twelve prayers, James had set all of them to music. James has many talents, but it was on that day that he realized his musical talent was the passion that would be able to reach the most people. Hes been spreading his message of peace ever since!
Are you curious to learn about James Twyman and his efforts to unite people of every religion around the world? What can we discover from his teachings about displaying similarities rather than differences? Click on this link now to listen to the James Twyman interview.
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