Faith
The search for meaning, purpose, and relationship. Our need for love compels us to seek it out, and when we find it, share it.
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As we approach the end of Easter, we are confronted by the teaching Jesus offers—to keep loving long after he is gone—but instead we worry.
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The challenge of preaching about love is that we either treat it as an emotion we like or as cover for doing things we want to excuse.
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In commanding his disciples love one another, Jesus is setting as normal what we want to believe is optional—and really, occasional.
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We often treat love like an emotion that we merely experience. But Jesus commands us to love, to treat it like a behavior we are to learn.
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To understand the love command, we need to remember that Jesus is talking about community in light of our divided loyalties.
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We’re conflicted by the thought that God is responsible and also so are we, making it about our own obsessions with getting it right.