I’ve seen many Christian leaders rightly calling for peace as the election comes to a close, but there is a radical difference between peacekeeping and peacemaking.

Let me explain...
Peacekeepers strive to make everyone happy, but peacemakers strive to make everyone equal.

Peacekeepers maintain the status quo, but peacemakers are change agents in pursuit of fixing the brokenness in our world.
Peacekeepers call for compromise, but peacemakers are willing to call out racism, sexism, classism and every other oppressive “ism” even when it makes people uncomfortable.
Peacemaking is not standing in the uncontroversial middle trying to placate “both sides” and it is not calling for unity while refusing to deal with marginalization in our communities.

Peacemaking means standing for truth, justice, and equity for all people, no matter the cost.
For Christians, the choice between peacekeeping and peacemaking is clear:

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” Jesus (Matthew 5:9)
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