“Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.”— John 21:17 Into the Word This happens after the resurrection. The disciples have gone back to Galilee, back to their boats and nets, as if trying to return to something familiar. Then Jesus appears on the shore. John… Continue reading Do You Love Me?
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Love is not a feeling — it is a decision, and it costs something
When “love one another” becomes a slogan, John asks a sharper question We say the word “love” far too easily. “I love you.” “I love my church.” “I love this community.” Sometimes those words are true. Sometimes they are just what we say when a warm feeling passes through us — and that feeling, as… Continue reading Love is not a feeling — it is a decision, and it costs something