The article posits our engagement in educating, advocating and influencing government policies as peacemaking. It calls us to affirm the fact that devastating effects of violence arising from unresolved grievances, incompatible goals, and contests of power spur us to ponder how our violent world could possibly reflect God’s beautiful handiwork (Gen. 1:31). Therefore, the need to step beyond our comfort zones and consider our roles in this interlocking web of systems that birth catastrophic violence. We can aspire to attain shalom, and “a peace the world cannot give” (John 14: 27; 16: 33, Psalm 122: 6) by advocating for justice, praying for and engaging policymakers, and supporting nonviolent peace work. Published by Brethren In Christ U.S. (Shalom, Volume 43, No. 1, Winter 2023.)