Jesus tore down the walls. The harder part is getting us to stop building them back up. Peacemaking is not a program or a policy. It begins right here, in how we treat the person in front of us.

Micah's vision of peace can feel impossibly far from the world we live in. But we are not passive bystanders in the in-between. The Holy Spirit empowers us to move from violence to peace, one act of faithfulness at a time.

Resentment keeps all of us tied up. God's grace, on the other hand, is not a limited resource and when we let it transform our hearts, we are finally free to work for justice and peace.

If going to church is the only way we live out our faith, we are missing something essential. Amos asks us to look past the pretty picture and see who is missing from our table.