“Love Is Not Resentful”1 Corinthians 13:5 In our day-to-day relationships, we cannot get very far without stepping on some toes. It is hard to live in community with others, our …
Love Is Not Irritable
Love is not irritable.I Corinthians 13:5 People are prickly. They have sharp edges. Their words and ways can be pointed, needling us to a reaction. Love is not easily provoked. …
Love Does Not Insist On Its Own Way
“Love Does Not Insist On Its Own Way”1 Corinthians 13:5 Love has a self-emptying nature. It has a recognizable capacity to pour itself out. Just as kindness is inherent in …
Let Us Run the Race
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with …
Love Is Not Arrogant Or Rude
The opening verses of 1 Corinthians 13:4-5 pierce our hearts like a scalpel, splaying them wide open, showing us something deep and dark about our own hearts. Both arrogance and …
Love Does Not Envy or Boast
Envy is an ugly and distasteful pattern that creeps into the hearts and minds of anyone that will entertain it. Envy is not particular and will find its host in …
Love is Kind
Love is patient and kind… 1 Corinthians 13:4 Sometimes we are hardest on the people we love the most. Why is it that our words and actions at home can …
Love is Patient
Love is patient… 1 Corinthians 13:4 The concept of patience often has a mild, even mediocre reputation. Like vanilla ice cream, we think of it as good but not all …
Word Made Flesh
John 1:1-18 I read John’s prologue this morning, a traditional reading for Christmas. As I read through the lofty, powerful, theological verses that sometimes (often) float over our heads, I …