The small group I am a part of was discussing the passing of the peace and what that means especially for our congregation. We can be a rather aggressive bunch when that time in the service arrives and for a visitor it might be intimidating. We talked of removing this from the service completely. Also of moving it to the end of the service and tying it to exiting from church and into society.

The more we discussed, the more we realized passing the peace might need to stay right where it’s at in the service. Maybe we just need to define it for everyone.

Shalom is generally defined as “Peace”, but doesn’t give the full depth of meaning to the word. It means peace, but much more than that. It implies the church body is an inter-woven fabric. The more interwoven the fabric, the stronger it is. We are meant to be inter-knit with God. I’ll leave you with how someone, whom I can’t recall their name, defined it.

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Something to think about the next time we pass the peace.

Ken