Each Sunday morning at Sardis, our congregation passes the Peace of Christ. To the outside observer, this activity might look like a five-minute worship interruption: “It’s nothing but people saying ‘hellos’ they could have said if they’d gotten here on time!” Our forcefield worshippers might say, “Ugh, don’t make me do this! I just want to sit in reverent silence.” So why do we pass God’s peace with one another? At Sardis, passing the peace is a regular opportunity to acknowledge in a public way, the joy and comfort we feel in......

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