Coming Up Sunday, September 16

This Sunday, we will continue our fall sermon series, "If We Are the Body...", on Paul's image of the church as the body of Christ.  This week, as we finish up looking at Paul's lengthy description in 1 Corinthians 12, we will focus on maintaining the body in a sermon called, "Health and Wellness."  Having considered how we can be part of one body -- through the power of the Holy Spirit in our baptisms -- and having recognized the differences among members, Paul talks about the relative equality of the members of the church.  No one, in Paul's eyes, has the power to push someone else out of the body, or to minimize their place and importance in the body.

If this is true -- and I think it is clear that most churches have always struggled with this idea -- how should we talk about each other as Christian brothers and sisters?  How should we treat each other?  How can we make sure that our body -- our congregation -- is physically and emotionally fit?  This is what we'll consider on Sunday.