A Tale of Two Churches: Roots - 1 Corinthians 1:4-9
To see the full message, scroll to the bottom. I am part of something bigger than myself. I'm part of my family of origin , and of my family of choice. Every now and then I might be looking through an old photo album and come across a black and white picture of my Gr eat - A unt A lberta or my U ncle F red, and see coming back to me from that photograph my own forehead underneath a bouffant hairdo, or my own chin just above a skinny tie. I might see my smile. My frown. I can pile up all of my shared experiences from my family of origin and my family of choice, and that great big pile of things is me : the influences and the decisions of others ( and of myself ) that made me who I am today , because I am part of something bigger than myself. If I try to cut myself off from where I come from , c an I really be me ? As individual Christ ians we are, by definition and by Christ 's design, part of H is gather...