"God’s gift of peace draws together all of the things I’m finding myself longing for—for us and our neighbors—these days; it brings together non-anxious presence and healing and justice all into one package. It’s the perfect gift, and it’s what we need most. We need the non-anxious presence of God in the midst of our fears. We need God’s healing in the midst of pandemic and the distress it creates. And we need God’s justice in the midst of both personal prejudice and systems of oppression, the sin that dominates our institutions and sneaks into our hearts."