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2019/01/27 By Barry Leave a Comment

One body for all of us

It is good to be back. I was hoping to be back last week but the weather was sufficiently threatening to prevent us from going, us in this case being Heather and me. This week was Heather and me as I am still not able to drive, hopefully by next week but I must say […]

Filed Under: Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: 1 Corinthians, body, body of Christ, community of faith, gifts, preaching, spiritual gifts, St. Paul

2016/01/24 By Barry Leave a Comment

One body

So why do you think Paul uses “body” as a metaphor for the church? There are several reasons I’m sure but I suspect one of the biggest ones is that “body” is something that is common to all of us. In today’s Epistle lesson, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31, Paul makes good use of the notion of […]

Filed Under: Epiphany, Preaching, Sunday, Year C Tagged With: body, body of Christ, community of faith, Dizzy Dean, gift, giftedness, Paul, preaching

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