I
was happy to return to the altar at St. Andrew this past Sunday to continue our
work together as a Beloved Community in the heart of Kokomo. I initiated a four
week reflection titled "A Be-Loving Community." Inspired by the words
we read from the letter to the Church in Ephesus, "...lead a life worthy
of the calling to which you have been called,with all humility and gentleness,
with patience, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the
bond of peace.
What does it mean to live a life of love? To
endeavor to cultivate a community committed to loving one another, and loving
our neighbors as ourselves? It means we choose to respect and listen to the
other, embrace ad honor one another, forgive and uphold one another, pray for
and cherish one another.
Being in church is being in community. At St.
Andrew, for many, it is a family. I have returned from a restful time away to
renew and pursue the bonds of affection and appreciation we are called to
embody as the divine community, the church.
Fr.
Richard
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