The April 2020 Issue

Jesus said, “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid” (John 14:27). 

In the growing wake of COVID-19, we might wonder what peace is, where we can find it, and how to recover peace once lost. In that same verse, Jesus instructs us to not be afraid. But the reality is that many of us struggle with fear and with discord. But Jesus didn’t say that He will one day bring peace (though He will bring eternal peace when He returns), He said, “Peace I leave with you.” And that’s what this issue is about: the kind of peace Jesus offers and that is available to us in the here and now, despite our circumstances. Continue reading this month’s letter from the editor >