Posts with the tag “one-body”

Sunday we'll watch Paul name the work of a church that looks like Jesus — and it's not what most churches herald loudest. We'll watch him name the aim — and it's not what most of us would write down if we were planning a church. And we'll watch him refuse two equal and opposite lies about the cost — because the labor is real, and the strength is given.   Read More

One body. One Spirit. One hope. One Lord. One faith. One baptism. One God and Father of all. Not seven things to achieve. Seven things that are already true. And if that's right — if the oneness is already given and not built — then the only question left is whether the people of God will stop acting like strangers and start living like what they already are.  Read More