"Created for Community," John 17:20-26

The church is not a place to which we go, but a body that we are gathered into.  Too often, people's "mouths have runneth over" and feelings have been hurt.  The result is that the strengthening community to which God has brought us into through our baptisms has been fractured.  As he prepared for his death, Jesus prayed that his followers might all be one as he and the Father are one.  Through the power of Jesus' death, we have been reconciled to the Father and that same power can reconcile us to one another.  We need one another more than we realize - it is a God-given need for community.