One thing I really appreciate about having grown up in a small town is that, like it or not, I lived in close community with all kinds of different people. I saw the same people at the grocery store, at school, at church, at the pool, at my parents’ workplaces…

If I shared interests with those people, great. If I didn’t share interests with them, too bad.

I was going to see them anyway.

They were going to help me, and I was going to help them. We grew to know each other. We were a community.

The verses we are talking about this week reference both the diversity and the unity of the church. We belong to each other, not because we’re a perfect fit, but because in Christ, we just belong. We are a community.

I love that.

(It’s easier on paper, but I still love it.)

Celebrating our diversity in our unity….