This Sunday, we will continue our fall sermon series, "If We Are the Body...", by comparing the metaphorical body of Christ -- the church -- with the resurrected body of Christ described in the Gospel of John. Taking the familiar story of Doubting Thomas, we will focus our attention on how Jesus is described, rather than considering Thomas' faith at that moment. It seems important that the resurrected Christ still bears the discernible marks of the crucifixion, namely the places where the nails held him to the cross and the spot where his side was pierced by a spear.
If this is how the resurrected body of Christ is described, how then should we imagine Paul's metaphor of the church as the body of Christ? In "Scarred, Not Broken," we will consider some of the visible marks on the church over the centuries, from instances of persecution to self-inflicted wounds of misconduct and exclusion. And we'll consider how that continues to impact the broader Christian community.
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