Peace. That is the promise of Christmas. A gift that we can unwrap again and again. Paul tells us in Philippians that the Holy Spirit gives us a “peace that passes understanding,” or as Eugene Peterson puts it, “Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful

Community. I think we can all agree that a sense of community is incredibly important in life. A community of friends. A community of colleagues. A community of fellow believers. The dictionary defines community as such: “a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.” Community helps us feel less alone as we

While we like to think of the Pilgrims when we think of Thanksgiving, it was George Washington, as our first President, at the request of our first Congress, who proclaimed the first genuinely national Thanksgiving in the United States, 230 years ago this year. As you gather with family and friends to celebrate, it might be wise to focus on