In This Together

The days are beginning to get a little longer and the sun is showing its face a little bit more! Have you noticed the daffodils blooming and the trees starting to blossom? It’s beginning to look like Spring in the Willamette Valley, and you know what that means…six inches of snow this weekend…or, summer isn’t too far behind, and I LOVE summer!

I’m also really loving our study in the book of 1 Corinthians. We are five weeks into our series, Messy Church, and we’re beginning to get a pretty good picture of the challenges the young church at Corinth was facing. Much like our current culture, their world was filled with a cacophony of loud voices - various philosophies, theologies, and worldly wisdom – all vying for their attention and allegiance. And though as believers they had been called to a new way of living, leaving behind the old patterns and habits was proving difficult. This week we are in chapter 4, and the Apostle Paul begins to unpack what it should look like for the local church to walk in faithfulness and function as a healthy spiritual family. There’s no room for pride, division, and arrogance. We are called to a new kind of living, and we’re in this together!