Happy New Year! We took this Sunday to dig deeper on what Jesus calls his church to in terms of community. Borrowing a little from Dietrich Bonhoeffer in his short book “Life Together,” we talk about how the good news of Jesus makes us sons and daughters in faith – and brothers and sisters of one another. This kind of deep community is the dream in all our hearts and in our wider culture, but it’s real and worked out by Jesus in the church. It’s hard… but it is good, and worth it. This is the love we are made to receive… and give.