Community
I read this just now in 1 Peter, and the first thing i thought of was community. Maybe its because i’m reading a book on culture. Or maybe its because our church is reorienting how we do community…either way, i think God layed the foundations and guidelines for it along time ago:
“Above all (at the end of a chapter on living holy lives), love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling. Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, he should do it as one speaking the very words of God. If anyone serves, he should do it with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ.” 1 Peter 4:8-11 (parenthesis mine).
