Isaiah 1:16-17
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.

If this was how God wished to define the church, how would we be doing? What are we already doing well? What needs improvement? What needs to be changed in how we live out our calling to be the body of Christ in the world?

I hope everybody had a meaningful Independence Day celebration at some point over the weekend. We did not get an opportunity to watch either of my two favorite Fourth of July movies. I like 1776 and the Music Man for this particular weekend. I was given some fresh peaches, however, and was able to make a peach pie which I will be sharing with the staff this morning. Potluch supper at the church on Wednesday!