It’s not easy living in the real world, but this is the only world where we find Jesus, who refused to let us imagine that peace is beyond our reach, or that a better world is something too far away to bother with. Jesus is rooted in reality: do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth, he says, I have not come to bring peace but a sword. Oof, that sounds opposite of what Jesus is talking about right? Isn’t Jesus all about peace? Of course he is. But he c
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