1 Cor. 13 So whose wedding did you think of when you heard these words? Or did you remember the Interfaith Prayer Service on New Year’s Eve, where this text is read every year as a reminder of how we are called to live with one another? It is the love chapter, a beautiful poem about love. One seminary professor even called it a slogan for marriage. It certainly has been used in the majority of weddings I have ever done. It lifts up what love is and what love is not, serving as a powerful charge to a couple as they begin their married life. Yet, this text is about more than two people who already love each other. This text is for a congregation that is having a hard time showing their love for one another. The church in Corinth. And the church anywhere. Continue reading “The Top Three….”
Author: Pastor Deborah
Partners in Ministry
Acts 18:1-8/1 Cor. 1: 10-13 Paul was on a mission. He was committed to spreading the good news of Jesus Christ– planting new churches and then nurturing them and guiding them in the faith, staying in contact via visits or letters, and always praying for them. In city after city, Paul plants churches. He starts with the existing Jewish synagogue, not usually a building like we are used to seeing today, but a gathering place for prayer and for energetic, passionate debate over what the law and the prophets meant in the current setting. I can imagine a circle of men, Continue reading “Partners in Ministry”
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