Love Boldly, Serve Joyfully, Lead Courageously
Acts 4: 32 – 35 & Psalm 133 There is great joy in welcoming new people into Faith’s family and in light of that, today feels like a particularly special celebration – new households joining the church and our shared work of embracing new siblings in Christ through baptism. It doesn’t hurt that we get to hang out with cute babies today in the midst of it all. As we have been growing here at Faith, as we have been welcoming new folks, I find myself watching it all unfold with a grin on my face and a song of praise on my heart. And sometimes I find myself holding my breath. Let’s talk about church in general for a minute – not Faith specifically, but maybe we will recognize ourselves along the way. Church is a funny thing. It is a global institution that has evolved over 2000 years. It is a community that is undergirded by tradition. At its best it is rooted in who God is, what Jesus taught, how Jesus lived, who Jesus called into leadership and how ...