This week, we focus on the candle lit for PEACE in Advent. But we also continue on in our Advent sermon series “Light of Grace” celebrating 250 years of the beloved hymn “Amazing Grace”. We consider where we see grace in this build up to Christmas. This week, we look at Jesus’ family tree. Where is grace present in that long list of names and in those complicated stories of imperfect people? How does God’s plan unfold even across generations? Maybe it is hard for us to see peace and grace in our own family (or in the larger human family), but this week we will be reminded of God at work among us, especially in unexpected places and unexpected people.