Peace with One Another: What is your responsibility?

"Peace and unity are connected. Unity exists around a big idea — something significant and powerful that pulls us together. And it exists in all sorts of contexts and organizations. We could be talking about the church, but we could also talk about your school, your family, your community, your town, your state, or your country. We could talk about all sorts of different groups that exist. The unity of those groups, even if it's a Facebook group that you're a part of for your favorite team — the unity, the shared big idea of that group, is what pulls you together. It's what makes unity exist. And … it's so big that it protects us from what pulls us apart. Because within those groups, you're going to find little subordinate issues that you will inevitably disagree over. Within whatever community you may be a part of, you won’t agree on every point with every person. Unity is agreeing about what is most important for the sake of that group. Peace is about allowing those smaller disagreements to stay small and not interfere with the unity around what's most important. Peace is refusing to let our differences separate us." Ben Webb, Associate Minister