Jesus invites us — as his followers — to put God on display for this world to see. At home. At work. At school. Wherever we go.

To have the shalom of God rest on you was to experience the life God intended all humanity to live in — one that was whole, and free, redeemed and restored.

God is always present, always at work, so there are no God-forsaken situations, only situations that have been forsaken by His followers.

Jesus came to inaugurate a kingdom — one not built through oppression and domination, but one propelled by love and compassion. And His way was the way of the cross.