Inner stillness is the key to outer strength.

The Kingdom of Heaven wants to rest in our hearts.

Rest in the knowledge that God is both abundantly gracious and ridiculously generous.

Shalom is the medicine I’d prescribe for Jerusalem—a deep, God-breathed indwelling of peace and prosperity and blessing. An end to the unrest and a sense of wholeness is what the Holy City needs. It’s what the Middle East needs. It’s what I need.

What if making peace with our warring hearts—peace within—is the first step to world peace?

I believe that people are holy because they’re made in the image of God, and a place can be holy when God is present—but no place is so holy that it’s worth shedding the blood of those who bear the image of God.

What are the chances that of all 1.59629 quadrillion square feet of physical land on planet Earth, three major world religions are literally fighting over one single rock?