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Advent Week Two: Peace 
“Perfect peace dwells within me and all beings.” — Daily Word, December 7, 2025
There is a stillness at the center of everything. A soft hum beneath the noise.
A quiet truth that never hurries, never worries, never pushes, but always is.
This week, in our Advent journey, we light the candle of Peace. Not the “everything-going-perfectly” kind of peace (because if that were the requirement, none of us would ever get to light this candle). No, we celebrate the inner peace the Daily Word reminds us of: a peace that dwells within me and within you and within every being on this planet, whether we're sitting in meditation … or wrestling with a shopping cart at Kroger that absolutely refuses to go straight.
Advent, metaphysically, is the season of preparing the inner soil, tuning the heart, and clearing space for the rebirth of the Christ Spirit within us. And if last week's theme of Hope and Faith was about holding the blank page with courage, then this week's theme of Peace is about softening into the silence where the first words begin to form.
Peace is not the absence of chaos, it's the presence of clarity.
It is the reminder that beneath every anxious thought, every complicated family gathering, every to-do list, and every unreturned text message (that some of us have absolutely no excuse for ignoring)… there is a deeper harmony holding the whole universe together.
I love how the Daily Word says it: “Whether I feel anxious or calm, I trust heavenly peace is within me.”
It doesn't ask whether we deserve peace.
It doesn't ask whether we've mastered meditation or whether we're secretly worried about the casserole for the church potluck.
It simply tells us the Truth: Peace is already here.
The spiritual invitation is to notice it.
When we become aware of this peaceful nature, everything changes. Our thoughts become gentler. Our words become kinder. Our presence becomes a balm. Not because we're trying to be peaceful, but because we're remembering what we've always been.
This week, I've been reflecting on how peace doesn't arrive with fanfare, it comes quietly, like breath slipping into the lungs. It comes the moment we pause before reacting. It comes when we choose not to take something personally. It comes when we show up for someone with softness instead of solutions. It comes in the sacred gap between impulse and expression. And often, peace shows up right when we need it most.
At my father's bedside in his final days, I felt a peace that surpassed understanding. It wasn't logical. It wasn't convenient. It didn't match the circumstances. But it was real, a quiet glow of knowing that all was well, even in the midst of sorrow. That same peace lives in each of us, waiting patiently, ready to anchor us whenever we're willing to turn toward it.
As we continue our Advent journey, may this be the week we rediscover the sanctuary within, the place where Spirit whispers, “You are safe. You are held. You are guided.”
May our presence become a calming field wherever we go, restoring, comforting, grounding, healing.
And may the words from 2 Thessalonians breathe through our lives in new ways:
“Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways.”
All times.
All ways.
Even when the world is loud.
Even when we don't feel ready.
Even when we forget for a moment who we are.
Peace is not something we wait for — it's something we return to.
Join us this Sunday as Rev. Raamesie shares her talk “Practicing the Presence.”
Let us come home to the peace that has always, quietly, faithfully, dwelled within us.
Blessings, Rev. Bobby
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