11/10/2024 Here in This Place

There is a line in The Confession of 1967 that says the quality of our relations with other persons is the measure of the church's fidelity. I've thought about that line a lot over the past week, especially as I saw people make overblown statements about others leading up to and immediately following the presidential election. It is hard work to value people with whom you so vehemently disagree. It is much easier to assume the worst and to call them names. If you're reading this, then you don't get to act like the rest of the world. You are a follower of Christ, and it is your job to model a different kind of love to a world that often resists it. The measure of the church's fidelity is the quality of our relations with other persons.

I'm grateful that we have a community that aspires to something greater, and people within it who can help us to grow in love and faith together.