Just as violent modes of living have certain rhythms: exploitation of the vulnerable, repackaging of exploitation as consumer freedom, warfare as security for peaceful people – non-violent modes of living have other rhythms, that when practiced in communities attached to specific places creates space where people can come and experience a taste of God’s shalom. Many of the life-rhythms of peacemaking are known to us: availability to those who need us and to God, vulnerability with others and ourselves about our own limitations, consuming with awareness of our impact, generosity, forgiveness for those who demand of us more than we can offer. But our ability to live with these rhythms is often undermined by our commitments to good-seeming things, that while not evil, limit the time and energy available to re-orient ourselves in peacemaking ways. It might turn out that to be peacemaking people we need to give up some of our current comforts and ways of living in order to be free to be truthful, to protest, and to grow gardens of peace.