Relying on Jesus' teaching, the author offers suggestions. She advocates a fuller understanding of the biblical concept of peace. It means wholeness (salvation), well-being, or the absence of injustice. She supports Jesus' new social order (kingdom), understood as the presence, will, and order of God. She calls Christians to realize that true peace requires justice.

Based on the Gospel of Luke, she examines the four concepts of peace, justice, kingdom and forgiveness. Each chapter ends with a creative retelling of a text useful in worship settings.