I believe we would all agree that Christianity is about the gift of God''s love and of God''s expectation of us to be loving. The key word in Christianity is love. Christianity is founded on the interconnectedness of God''s love and our response to the gift of God''s love, and how we then share what we have experienced with others.

Perhaps some of us remember the scene in the marvelous movie, "Alice in Wonderland," when Alice states, "A word means what I want it to mean." This is exactly the great challenge we face as people of faith today, when we respond to the greatest commandment according to Jesus: "To love the Lord our God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." Then, to be sure this Heavenly love of God has some earthly consequences, Jesus shares, "You s…