"What Are We Saying" V: Entering The Dance Of The Trinity | Danny Cortez

1 John 3:1,16-18

Danny Cortez. At the center of all things is a love story that has existed since before the beginning. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit have danced in a movement of love that has brought each person of the godhead eternal joy. In creation, God moved to bring all things into this dance but sin has kept us from entering. But through adoption, we are able to participate by moving in step through the notes of love, kindness, justice, grace, and mercy. And we are able to experience the joy of the Trinitarian relationship most evidently when we do so in community, with one another.

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NT2020: Responding to Love | Barb Sunofsky

1 John 2:1-2, 7-8; 3:23; and 4:7-20

Barb Sunofsky. The grand story of the Bible is “one of love.” We are designed for love; to be loved by God, to love God, and to love others; to respond to love if you will! So LBCF, can we become this community that demonstrates something even approaching the love of God? Are we willing to make mistakes trusting that love covers a multitude of sins? Can we rise above the ordinary and become even more generous, open, inclusive, honest, and wise? Can we care for one another with fierce and healing love, even those among us who we don’t find so easy to love? Can we love those outside of our boundaries, welcoming them in large and gracious ways? Can we change without losing ourselves? Can we repent, ask for forgiveness, receive forgiveness, and go again? Can we work to make community happen even in this COVID pandemic? Because goodness and love are not accidental…they happen when we allow ourselves to be fully loved by a radical God. We love, because he first loved us. AND, the world is scary as hell!!! LOVE ANYWAY.

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