Sermons from Lyndale
A Community that Prioritizes Love
Let’s look at where this passage appears in First Corinthians. It is Chapter 13. Right before this passage, in chapter 12, Paul is talking about spiritual gifts and right after this passage in chapter 14 he talks about gifts of prophecy and tongues. He is laying the framework for how individuals can and do contribute to a church, to a community.
How can we love each other? How can we show this love, this devotion to each other, to our community?
Coming Out
The coming out process starts with knowing yourself, claiming your authenticity, even as you claim your power and social location in the context of and in service of communities of love.
Isaiah and South Africa
When children die, when children are murdered by police, it can be difficult to believe that our words and actions are those that God called us, because where is God in this?
This is where the reminder from the prophet is needed the most. In this horror. In this moment that feels impossible to get through. Our cause is with YHWH. Our reward – that thing we’ve been hoping for. That joy we’ve been seeking. That sense of home we’ve missed – God is in that and has been with us since we were formed.