This week, we trace how the Prince of Peace meets us in real chaos, grief, and doubt, offering a presence that holds us when nothing feels peaceful. Through Isaiah’s promises, the Advent story in Matthew and Luke, and the honest weight of recent loss, Pastor Christian invites us to see Emmanuel, God with us, as the sign of peace rather than the absence of problems. As we receive this peace that does not depend on our circumstances, we are also called to become peacemakers who carry Christ’s embodied, credible peace into a hurting and skeptical world.