Reading: 2nd Corinthians 13: 11-13 Verse 11: “Aim for perfection, listen to my appeal, be of one mind, live in peace”. After being a missionary to Corinth and helping to establish a church there, Paul writes two letters to them. They have become known as a church that fights a lot amongst themselves. Much of what Paul writes about in 1st and 2nd Corinthians centers around loving one another and being one with Jesus Christ and each other. I suspect there is a church or two tod

Reading: Psalm 66: 8-20 Verse 16: “Come and listen, all you who fear God; let me tell you what he has done for me”. The first half of our Psalm text dealt with the times when hardship or trial came and with how God was with the people of Israel. Each of these times of suffering or refining are part of the story of God’s people, just as are the stories of how God acted on our behalf. Each of our churches and each of us as followers of Jesus have these same experiences. When wa