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Without a doubt this is one of my favorite times of year. Easter Sunday celebrates the triumphal resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ from the dead. And what a terrific service it was!
This is also a time of year when some things come to a close, and others see new birth. College Basketball's March Madness concluded with a spectacular game between the Duke Blue Devils and the Butler Bulldogs. Meanwhile, on another network this year's baseball season was just getting underway.
This is also a time of year when some things come to a close, and others see new birth. College Basketball's March Madness concluded with a spectacular game between the Duke Blue Devils and the Butler Bulldogs. Meanwhile, on another network this year's baseball season was just getting underway.
This is particularly exciting for me-being a former (with emphasis) ball-player myself-and it reminds me of those opening weeks of practice and games during my college years. Invariably for the first few weeks my body would be sore from head to toe. Keeping the body in game-ready shape is a year-round discipline. The body will not perform at its highest potential without regular attention.
Taking care of the body, it's something we constantly examine, constantly evaluate. In the same way our physical bodies develop and change, the body of Christ is constantly growing and shifting. Without regular attention we members of Christ's body may not operate at full potential. This goes for all areas in which the body participates: from our relationships, to our work habits, to our physical health. The Apostle Paul says: "Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it" (1 Corinthians 12:27).
Summer is an excellent time for us to take a look at how each member of the body contributes to the outreach here at Wabash. We all depend upon one another and build up one another in order to carry out the calling God has put on our lives together. Paul goes on to say: "The eye cannot say to the hand, 'I have no need for you,' nor again the head to the feet, 'I have no need for you.'"
Each of us fills a different role in the body of Christ at Wabash Church. As we enter a time when the warm weather beckons us outdoors I encourage you to consider how God may be calling you to be used in his body, for his glory.
Your pastor,
Jonathan Paul Cornell
Taking care of the body, it's something we constantly examine, constantly evaluate. In the same way our physical bodies develop and change, the body of Christ is constantly growing and shifting. Without regular attention we members of Christ's body may not operate at full potential. This goes for all areas in which the body participates: from our relationships, to our work habits, to our physical health. The Apostle Paul says: "Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it" (1 Corinthians 12:27).
Summer is an excellent time for us to take a look at how each member of the body contributes to the outreach here at Wabash. We all depend upon one another and build up one another in order to carry out the calling God has put on our lives together. Paul goes on to say: "The eye cannot say to the hand, 'I have no need for you,' nor again the head to the feet, 'I have no need for you.'"
Each of us fills a different role in the body of Christ at Wabash Church. As we enter a time when the warm weather beckons us outdoors I encourage you to consider how God may be calling you to be used in his body, for his glory.
Your pastor,
Jonathan Paul Cornell
About Rev. Jonathan Paul Cornell
Jonathan's call into ministry came one summer in college while he was working on a lake in Minnesota-which is why the story of Jesus and Peter walking on water holds such significance to him. While a student Jonathan loved serving on summer camp staff as well as helping lead bible studies at his alma mater St. Olaf College. After college he took time off to teach middle school in the Minneapolis Public Schools, which is where he says he truly learned about "God's patience." Jonathan is an alumnus of Princeton Theological Seminary where he also met his amazing wife Amy. The two of them love walking their new dog "Samson," a one-year-old Great Pyrenees. Among Jonathan's interests are: sports, running, cycling, golf, church softball, reading, cooking, traveling and popular culture. "I do my best to make preaching faithful and relevant to the experiences of life."