Faith Lift Rev. Craig Gommer

The pitch clock was a game changer for Major League Baseball. Does God have a pitch clock to speed up our understanding of love? People lived by complex religious regulations for centuries. But then, people of faith discovered that love is the heart of God’s will, and the focus of our faith should be to love one another as God has loved us.


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Like breathing in and out, inhaling and exhaling, this extension of divine love to others is not something we need to advertise. Reaching out with compassion and concern to our brothers and sisters is to be part of our daily “sacrifice of praise,” our daily life. It is not a meritorious moment. It is a minute-by-minute lifestyle. Giving hands and feet to God’s love is what God’s children are to do. It is what we do when no one is looking.


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Just as children develop a healthy imagination, children of God are called to imagine themselves being formed in the image of Christ, having power over sin and love for God and neighbor.


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This week’s text could be read alongside our first text for the series (Luke 5:1-11). The parallels and connections between the two are palpable and powerful. Once again, Jesus offers Peter abundance. His journey—like ours—is not linear, but God’s grace continues to circle back to him again and again like a familiar chorus played on repeat. In this text, we primarily want to focus on Peter’s threefold redemption granted to him by Jesus’ question: “Do you love me?” We might imagine Jesus asking us the same question. As we move forward in our faith journeys, how can we let love lead the way?


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We might expect that, after denying Christ, Peter would cower in shame—or perhaps even run away in an attempt to leave his past behind him. Instead, when he hears the news from the women, he doesn’t dismiss them like the other disciples. He gets up and runs to the tomb. When he peers into the empty tomb and sees the linen cloth, he is filled with awe. Even after the biggest failures, even after the worst case scenario has happened, can we run toward hope? Like Peter, will we keep going? Will we keep looking for God in our midst?


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Easter Sunday: We might expect that, after denying Christ, Peter would cower in shame—or perhaps even run away in an attempt to leave his past behind him. Instead, when he hears the news from the women, he doesn’t dismiss them like the other disciples. He gets up and runs to the tomb. When he peers into the empty tomb and sees the linen cloth, he is filled with awe. Even after the biggest failures, even after the worst case scenario has happened, can we run toward hope? Like Peter, will we keep going? Will we keep looking for God in our midst?


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