Congratulations to you on this fantastic and very well-deserved award, and congratulations to your daughter on her graduation! I absolutely love the Christianity Today piece as well, particularly all the vivid, powerful illustrations you shared as well as your conclusion: "I attend because from Christ “the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work” (Eph. 4:16). That truth holds for all of us around the globe. As we practice dying to self, church becomes a place where we encounter God in the imago Dei of someone we might disagree with. We remain together, because corporately, we can cling to a bigger vision of God than one we could hold to alone. Right there in that space, we’re transformed more and more into God’s likeness, and church becomes a sacred gift." Such a vital message particularly at this moment in history when it seems there are ever more divisions both in church communities as well as the world outside of churches. Thank you for this wise and inspiring message!
Congratulations to you on this fantastic and very well-deserved award, and congratulations to your daughter on her graduation! I absolutely love the Christianity Today piece as well, particularly all the vivid, powerful illustrations you shared as well as your conclusion: "I attend because from Christ “the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work” (Eph. 4:16). That truth holds for all of us around the globe. As we practice dying to self, church becomes a place where we encounter God in the imago Dei of someone we might disagree with. We remain together, because corporately, we can cling to a bigger vision of God than one we could hold to alone. Right there in that space, we’re transformed more and more into God’s likeness, and church becomes a sacred gift." Such a vital message particularly at this moment in history when it seems there are ever more divisions both in church communities as well as the world outside of churches. Thank you for this wise and inspiring message!