This week’s quote comes from the website Presbyterian Peacemaking Program.  It is about peace and conflict, but also references the topic of my message for this upcoming Sunday:  the Magnificat.

Pursuing peace does not mean avoiding conflict.  Indeed it may cause conflict with forces opposing peace. The “Magnificat” (Lk. 1:47-55) pictures the kind of peace Jesus brings, the kind that led to his crucifixion. Colossians 1:19-20 affirms that it is only through this ultimate conflict that God makes peace, reconciles all things to God.