This was my notes for preaching this weekend
Question for you what do we do when we give a sign a piece? Whose peace are we giving? What are we doing? Are we simply going round the church trying to shake hands with everybody scared that Someone might miss out? So what is the peace? In the little video that we've just seen of the sign of peace as in sign language what we do is we share the peace of Christ for Jesus lives within us what we are saying in that moment is the peace of Christ that is in within me I want to share with you it's not just a ritualistic event in the process of the service it is a real challenge. It is it is sharing the peace of Christ with others. Paul says in ephesians today he treats us as equals so made as equals we are equal in the sight of God and Paul recognises this challenge often we have seen in our world where peace is hard and difficult not just in the world but in relationship to most of my stuff that I do at school and in my counselling after school is about building relationships that...