We Christians gather together because the church bears witness to the truth of who we really are. Whether or not an individual participates in a faith community, the inescapable truth for every creature on this planet is that we are connected.
I might wish that I could pick and choose which parts of the universe and which of God’s creatures share in that connection, but God is a pretty good door crasher when it comes to the gates of my heart.
As COVID made clear, we are radically infected by one another’s oxygen and water vapor and germs and skin molecules. At the same time, our souls actually can’t know and love God without one another. The great crises of our (current era) are all rooted in having lost sight of that truth.
The gathered church bears witness—for us and for the world—to the inescapable truth of how our lives are finally and forever bound together.
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