We all want peace. Yet, do we dare to hope for it when this has so often been disappointed? Peace isn't easy, and it is costly. Here, Rev. Lisa Pacarynuk reflects on the hope for peace, and the cost of making peace. Peace comes through repentance. This is more than feeling sorry. It is in turning our lives around to become peacemakers through God's grace

Scripture Reference: Matthew 3:1-12

Preached on the 2nd Sunday of Advent, December 8, 2019 by Rev. Lisa Pacarynuk

Sermon Highlights

• We often despair that peace doesn't come
• Yet, peace isn't something we passively receive
• Peace is made through action
• John the Baptist calls us to repentance
• Repentance means changing direction, and making peace our personal responsibility
• In Advent, we hope for change because God's grace makes us agents of change
• Christ's coming means preparing ourselves and our world for His coming
• This involves us owning our need for change
• Christ's power destroys the old in order to change us for the better

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