Isaiah paints an almost impossible picture: "The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the young goat." It's a vision of such radical peace that natural enemies become companions, predators lose their appetite for violence, and creation itself transforms. The prophet speaks of a future kingdom where conflict dissolves not through conquest but through a fundamental change in nature itself. Yet as we journey through Lent, our news feeds tell a different story. Wars escalate, authoritarian leaders tighten their grip, communities fracture along ideological lines, and social media amplifies every division until we can barely recognise our neighbours as human. The gap between Isaiah's prophecy and our present reality feels wider than ever. We're not moving towards the peaceable kingdom; we seem to be sprinting in the opposite direction. This tension matters precisely because Lent calls us to honest examination. The kingdom Isaiah describes isn...