“Just as a human body, though it is made up of many parts, is a single unit because all these parts, though many, make one body, so it is with Christ. In the one Spirit we were all baptized, Jews as well as Greeks, slaves as well as citizens, and one Spirit was given to all to drink.” v. 17f -- “Now you together are Christ’s body; but each of you is a different part of it.” v. 25 -- “… but that each part may be equally concerned for all the others.”1 Corinthians 12:12-13

“The cross is still there” and it reminds us that we have become part of a very special community, one in which all of the members really care about one another’s welfare and happiness. The Christian church is a caring community, a loving community, and it has been so from the beginning because it is the Body of Christ on …