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Ephesians 2:14
14For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of partition,
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In a small Anabaptist congregation in Lancaster County, an elderly farmer once opened his prayer with words that silenced the room: "Mother-Father God, you who knit me together the way my wife's hands knit blankets for our grandbabies — hold...
Dear God of the oppressed and the oppressor alike, Ephesians 2:14 tells us that Christ "has broken down the dividing wall of hostility" — and I confess that some walls I have grown comfortable living behind. Some walls I have...
In a world often torn by division and strife, the call to lead toward peace feels more urgent than ever. Picture a community gathering in a small town, where residents from different backgrounds have been at odds for generations. One...
In a small town, nestled among rolling hills, lived a woman named Ruth. Known for her gentle spirit and warm smile, she had an uncanny ability to see the good in others, even when they struggled to see it in...
Dear God of all creation, This morning I stepped outside and watched a cardinal land on a branch still glazed with frost. For three seconds, everything was holy. That bird did not know it was preaching, but it proclaimed what...
Gracious God, as this day fades into evening stillness, I bring before You the conversations we so often get wrong — the ones about bodies, intimacy, and what it means to bear Your image as whole persons. We have turned...
In a small town shaken by tragedy, Pastor Maria stood before her congregation, her heart heavy with sorrow after a school shooting had taken the lives of innocent children. The air was thick with grief, but Pastor Maria refused to...
In the ancient Orthodox liturgy, when the priest opens the Royal Doors of the iconostasis, he enacts what Paul proclaimed in Ephesians 2:14 — Christ Himself is our peace, the One who has torn down the dividing wall of hostility....
Dear God of Love and Justice, When the satellite images show another glacier calving into the sea, when the farmers in eastern Kenya watch their third failed harvest in a row, when the coral reefs off Queensland bleach white as...
God who created all people in Your image, we confess the sin of racism— personal, systemic, historical. We confess complicity in systems that harm, silence in moments that demanded our voice, comfort that prioritized ease over justice. Forgive us. Break down walls of hostility.