Advent 2014, Part 4: The Gift of Peace and Rest

Every December the decorations return – banners with doves, cards declaring “Peace on Earth”…  And yet every year the headlines never change:  hardship, loss, injustice… How do we come to terms with the contradiction?  Is the biblical promise that God’s shalom (peace, rest, wholeness) is taking over creation to be believed?  Or is it (as it often […]