May 29, 2024 “You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” —Acts 1:8, CEB The United Methodist Book of Resolutions, 2016 (“Peace With Justice Sunday and Special Offering,” 663) reminds us that “the peace that is shalom is not negative or one-dimensional. It is much more than the absence of war. Shalom is positive peace: harmony, wholeness, health, and well-being in all human relationships. It is the natural......

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