Instead of being simply the absence of conflict, the biblical idea of peace runs so much deeper. Peace is wholeness and completeness — it is the opposite of brokenness. There is so much brokenness in our lives and the world at large, but at Advent we look forward to Jesus' coming and return — the Prince of Peace who will one day heal brokenness at every level of society once and for all.

Advent 2025

The build up to Christmas is a time of intense preparations, but we get so busy preparing our homes that we forget about preparing our hearts. Culturally we are more conditioned to prepare for the arrival of Santa than we are Jesus! But that's why for hundreds of years the church has embraced the season of Advent — an invitation to prepare ourselves for the coming of Jesus afresh in our lives again at Christmastime.