Peace to this house
Text : Luke 10:1-10; 16-20 What do you think of when you hear the word peace? It’s a word we encounter a lot: when someone dies, we say they are at peace. When nations agree not to make war with each other any more, we call that peace. We say that we need to find inner peace in order to keep from falling into despair when we see in the world around us the way greed, careless cruelty, and disregard for human dignity and even life have now taken hold as features, not bugs, of our policies. When we come to church we take a few minutes to say to one another “God’s peace be with you.” And as we leave this place today, we will be sent out with the reminder that although the peace of God is not something we can understand through logic or reasoning, we nonetheless are to go out into the world bearing that peace. This is why Jesus sent the seventy out today: to be messengers of God’s peace. Just as we are sent out every week from this place to be messengers of God’s peace. And the...
