On Sunday, 9/5/21, we began our fall “One Another” series, by celebrating the good word from Romans 12:5: We are members of one another.

When we belong to Christ; we belong to one another. As members of one another, we also celebrate that we are unique; no one is superior – all essential in the essence of who we are. Romans 12:2 declares our new identity as people transformed (not conformed, reformed, or deformed). Through God’s mercies, we’ve been transformed, not only to see ourselves differently but one another.

When we belong to Christ, we are now part of one another; just as parts of a body are physically connected. The call to love one another, therefore, is not abstract and disengaged. We are not working hard to love another person who is removed from us; who is other. Because of Christ, we can no longer look at anybody as “other” – Christ makes us One Another. For Christ holds us together!

The invitation to be in a relationship with one another is rooted in the recognition that we who are “in Christ” do not live
In isolation - we are interdependent
In a hierarchy - we are all essential, needed, and valued.

We are a body! We are eager this fall, dear Union Family, to grow together in what it means to be one another and to love one another as God loves us.
Please share what you are learning on this journey!