Are there any angry people in your life right now that you must deal with? If so, you have a choice to make. You can join in and be angry too, or you can respond with love and work toward peace.
I share how to be a peacemaker in this vlog that was filmed on the shore of the Missouri River, in Canyon Ferry, Montana. Kathy and I drove through the area in September 2025.
Thank you, Evan. As we strive to be peacemakers in our daily lives it does ripple out to the community and world.
What a great and important subject. In my experience I try to make God larger in my life each day. There is a book titled “Your God is too small” and I wanted to make my God larger. In the process I would find my thought focused on the anger of another (I had someone living near me who seemed angry most of the time). It became obvious that if I let my thought be concerned with “fixing” their anger my God would get smaller. On the other hand, if I focused of my God being all in all their anger has less and less effect on me. Like in your experience Evan you let your love overwhelm them.
Blessings to the peacemakers.
Just what I needed to hear today, thank you. I, too, live with someone who seems to respond to everything with anger. Even if he’s helping in some way, he exudes anger. I’m constantly battling not reacting to it, but I get pulled in far more than I want to. It’s true, “fixing” his anger is often what pulls me in. I love your description of making God bigger. Like anything we put our focus on, it gets bigger, so it’s a matter of keeping our ‘eye’ single on God. Thank you for the reminder today.
Thank you – love this very helpful comment, and will definitely check out the book.
Thank you, Evan.
Thank you, Evan – that is such a wonderful example of Love at work to destroy
evil. We must be watchful a all times that we always respond to anger and evil
with love, and not react to in like manner..
Thank you also John for your example of Love at work. We can all do it And it surely is
the most intelligent and effective way to deal with it.
For sure divine love is the liberator from not so nice behavior. So important then to just go forward in any hard, scary situation with LOVE.
Thank you Evan for your wonderful reminder to cast out anger and let Love lead the way.
Thanks Evan. I’ve been in need of this spiritview . I felt the new year started on s bumpy road Appreciate this guidance.
Thank you, Evan. Peacemaking is at the heart of Christian Science. Mortal mind might sometimes try to convince us that anger is power and that the person expressing the most anger wins. Nothing could be further from the truth. Anger is witness. It betrays a lack of control and a fear that only God can heal.
“When faced with anger, choose to love” By Evan Mehlenbacher. Rather than letting others’ anger spark our own, each of us can be a force for peace and progress by letting God’s love, instead of hate, guide us. From the August 3, 2018 issue of The Christian Science Monitor:
https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/A-Christian-Science-Perspective/2018/0803/When-faced-with-anger-choose-to-love/?src=shared
Great message and proof ! Thank you Evan.
Wonderful message and proof ! Thank you Evan.
What a timely peaceful thought, a few days ago, I felt trapped by people blocking my exit from church. . .. . . awkward. . . . the thought of making peace didn’t occur to me at that moment, other less than loving thoughts took center stage. Why didn’t I think of becoming a peacemaker first? Choose LOVE will become front and center instead of “feeling trapped”.
yes, yes, yes becoming a peacemaker! Great idea – all the best to you
I love this message and what a beautiful, calming and Peaceful setting –
So thankful for being along on this delightful journey! Thank you, Evan and
Kathy, for this vlog. Having had many instances, where another’s anger
could have erupted in even more anger, it is very helpful to step back
and not contribute to an erupting conflict. Sometimes that would seem to
create more unkindness, because mortal thinking often likes to have someone
to argue with, but in the long run, peace is maintained if we stay calm and
try to see everyone, ourselves included, in harmony, as Love intended.
Thanks Evan. Your peaceful thoughts in front of this ever so peaceful
backdrop reminds me of a reflecting pool, where turmoil that sometimes
is seemingly surrounding us, is replaced by tranquility and settling to our
thinking and is like an oasis of peacemaking calm. I had seen a plaque
within a reflecting pool that said, “No swimming or wading” and above
it swam two ducks who were non-aware of the sign, and happily swimming
in this peaceful environment. When we find ourselves in challenging
circumstances where anger and the disruption to peace, seem so real,
we can transform these inharmonious thoughts into thoughts of peace,
as you did with the angry person that was tamed and healed by your
sharing Love with him and who became your friend.
How wonderful, thank you very very much dear Evan for your today’s Vlog. It is very helpful and important for me. Meekness and humility is needed not to react and stay calm and loving. .Today I had to practise not to react and stay calm and friendly, after somebody said something negative to me. Also sometimes, when I dropped something to the floor, I get very angry with me. But I know as God’s child I need never to get upset. I’m very happy to know that the healing Christ is with us!
Evan, I’m in awe before your great healing of the angry and furious visitor in your office, and how calm and friendly he became through your loving prayerful treatment.
I ‘m very thankful for this healing and comforting SV-blog!! And am also very thankful for the loving and lively, inspired comments in this interesting SpiritView forum! ❤️
Thank you, dear Evan! What a great example of how to deal with someone angry. I appreciate it very much. Your blog is a blessing.