A great video, lb...thanks for posting it.  If people had to follow the path their words take and watch them manifest into violence, I think words would be given greater respect.  Peace is a darn good one to start with... 

Thanks LB. The following is 144 ways of Peace:

Fridden, Luxemburgish

Der Frieden, German

La Paix, French

Achukma, Choctaw

Mír Bosnian, Bulgarian, Byelorussian, Croatian, Czech, Russian, Serbian, Slovene, Ukrainian

Shalom, Hebrew

Heiwa, Japanese

Salam, Arabic

La Paz, Spanish

La Pace Italian, Romanian

Peace, English

A Paz Galician, Portuguese

Alaáfía, Yoruba

Amaithi, Tamil

Amaní, Swahili

Aman Malay, Urdu

Amniat, Pashto

Ashtee, Farsi

Asomdwee, Twi-Akan

Aylobaha, Gafuleya Chontal

Bake, Basque

Barish, Turkish

Béke, Hungarian

Boóto, Mongo-Nkundu

Búdech, Palauan

Chibanda, Ila

Däilama, Sa'a

Damai, Indonesian

Diakatra, Maranao

Dodolimdag, Papago/Pima

eace-pay, Pig Latin

Echnahcaton, Munsterian

Ets'a'an Olal, Maya

'Éyewi Nez, Perce

Fandriampahalemana, Malgache

Filemu, Samoan

Fois Scots, Gaelic

Fred Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

Friður ,Icelandic

Goom-jigi, Buli

Gúnnammwey, Carolinian

Hasîtî, Kurdish

Hau, Tahitian

Hedd, Welsh

Hmethó, Otomi

Hoa Bình, Vietnamese

Ilifayka, Koasati

Innaihtsi'iyi, Blackfoot

Iri'ni, Greek

Írq, Amharic

Ittimokla, Alabama

Kagiso, Setswana

Kalilíntad, Magindanaon

Kapayapaan, Tagalog Filipino

K'é, Navajo

Kev Thajyeeb Nyab Xeeb Hmong Daw

Khanhaghutyun, Armenian

Khotso, Sesotho

Kiñuiñak, Northwest Alaska Inupiat Inuktitut

Kiba-kiba, Rapanui

Kunammwey, Chuuk

Kupia Kumi Laka Miskito

Kutula, Fanagolo

'Kwam, Sa Lao

La Paqe, Albanian

La Patz, Aranés

La Pau, Catalán

Lapé Haitian, Creole

Layéni, Zapoteco

Li-k'ei, Tlingit

Linew, Manobo

Lùmana, Hausa

Mabuhay, Tagalog

Maluhia, Hawaiian

Meleilei, Ponapean

Melino, Tonga

Miers, Latvian

Mina, Wintu

Mtendere Chewa, Nyanja

Muka-muka, Ekari

Musango, Duala

Mutenden, Bemba

Nabad -Da, Somali

Nanna Ayya Chickasaw

Ñerane'i, Guaraní

Nimuhóre, Ruanda

Nirudho, Pali

Nye, Ntomba

Olakamigenoka, Abenaqui

Paçi, Maltese

Paco, Esperanto

Pax, Latin

Pingan, Chinese

Pokój , Polish, Slovak

Pyong'hwa, Korean

Rahu, Estonian

Rangima'arie, Maori

Rauha, Finnish

Rerdamaian, Indonesian

Rukun, Javanese

Saanti, Nepali

Sai Gaai Òh Pìhng Yue

Santipap, Thai

Saq, Uighur

Shîte, Tibetan

Shanti Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu

Sholim, Yiddish

Síocháin, Irish

Sìth, Gaelic

Soksang, Khmer

Solh Dari, Persian

Sonqo, Tiaykuy Quechua

Sulh, Turkish

Taika, Lithuainian

Tecócatú ,Nhengatu

Thayu, Gikuyu

Tsumukikatu, Comanche

Tuktuquil, Usilal Kékchí

Tutkiun, North Alaska Inuktitut

Udo, Igbo

Ukuthula, Zulu

Uvchin, Mapudungun

Uxolo, Xhosa

Vrede Afrikaans, Dutch

Wâki Ijiwebis-I, Algonquin

Wetaskiwin, Cree

Wolakota, Lakhota

Wôntôkóde, Micmac

Wo'okeyeh, Sioux

Thanks for this great video, LB!

mis post

LBM, do me a favour and send me the instructions to copy and send this message to my friends. Much appreciated.

And another thing, Where are the lyrics available to the music - couldn't understand them. Help me out will you - anybody ---Thanks

Hi Peter:

I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day

I heard the bells on Christmas Day

Their old familiar carol play

And mild and sweet, the words repeat,

Of peace on earth, goodwill to men.

I thought how as the day had come,

The belfries of all Christendom

Had rolled along, th' unbroken song

Of peace on earth, goodwill to men.

And in despair I bowed my head:

"There is no peace on earth," I said,

"For hate is strong, and mocks the song

Of peace on earth, goodwill to men."

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:

"God is not dead, nor does He sleep;

The wrong shall fail, the right prevail,

With peace on earth, goodwill to men."

'Til ringing, singing on its way,

The world revolved from night to day,

A voice, a chime, a chant sublime,

Of peace on earth, goodwill to men!

We (our choir) practiced and sang this hymn a year ago, but I don't know who wrote it, or set it to music. I think the song in the video does not quite match the hymn, but contains variations on the theme, plus the hymn.

The video is on  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxCLw1GDhYY

Panentheist, Arminus provided you the link above just cut and paste it in an email to your friends and thank you for sharing it with others.

The words of the hymn is a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and was written on Christmas day during the Civil War just after hearing his son had been wounded.  It is a lament for peace and sadly that is what makes it so timeless.

The lyrics Casting Crowns use are slightly different from the original poem making the song a little more universal....

I heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play
And mild and sweet their songs repeat
Of peace on earth good will to men
And the bells are ringing
Like a choir they're singing
In my heart I hear them
Peace on earth, good will to men

And in despair I bowed my head
There is no peace on earth I said
For hate is strong and mocks the song
Of peace on earth good will to men
But the bells are ringing
Like a choir singing
Does anybody hear them?
Peace on earth, good will to men

Then rang the bells more loud and deep
God is not dead, nor doth He sleep
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With peace on earth, good will to men

Then ringing singing on its way
The world revolved from night to day
A voice, a chime, a chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good will to men

And the bells they're ringing
Like a choir they're singing
And with our hearts we'll hear them
Peace on earth, good will to men

Do you hear the bells they're ringing?
The life the angels singing
Open up your heart and hear them
Peace on earth, good will to men

Peace on earth, Peace on earth
Peace on earth, Good will to men
 

Thanks, LB, for the lyrics by the Casting Crowns!

Beautiful song!