(704) 599-9810 | Worship Sundays @ 10:55 a.m.
Dec 11, 2025
Advent Week 2 • Peace in the Scroll
by Eric Miner
Peace is quiet — but it is not shy. It has a way of arriving before we ask for it, slipping into the cracks of our days when we are too busy, too distracted, too anxious to go looking for it ourselves.
Sometimes peace finds us in the hush between notifications.
Sometimes in a message we didn’t expect at the moment we needed it most.
Sometimes in a picture of light through branches, a reminder that the world is still tender.
Sometimes in a prayer reel whispering, “You are not alone.”
“My peace I give to you… not as the world gives.” — John 14:27

Peace doesn’t always arrive with clarity. More often it shows up like breath you didn’t know you were holding finally letting go. A softened shoulder. A slower heartbeat. A quieting of the swirl.
And in this digital age — where noise is constant and urgency is the air we breathe — peace has learned to meet us where we are. In our scroll. In our inbox. In the small sanctuary of our screens.
These are not trivial moments. They are digital mercies — reminders that God’s calming presence finds us even when we don’t know how to seek it.
This week, notice one moment of digital peace each day:
a message that steadies you,
a photo that softens your breath,
a post that brings gentleness back to your spirit.
Peace is not something we force — peace is what finds us in the pause.
As Advent deepens, may your online spaces become places of quiet blessing, soft light, and holy interruption — where peace keeps finding you, again and again.
💬 When did peace find you this week?
Your story may become someone else’s moment of calm.
#HCUCCEverywhere #ProgressiveClergy #AdventPeace
#DigitalDisciple #PeaceInTheScroll #FaithInEveryMoment

✍️ About the Author
Eric Miner is Holy Covenant’s Digital Disciple, which is fitting for someone who
still believes the quietest moments — online or off — are often the ones where God speaks loudest.
Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter.