I'm so grateful to Aiden for preaching last week, and for his inspiration of this month’s theme, of the four loves. I'm grateful to Aiden for his great sermon, in which he unpacked these four kinds of love: affection, friendship, romance, and charity or agape. And I'm grateful to Aiden for preaching so I could go on vacation!
A couple of months ago I was in the car with some retired ministers, heading to Boston for the board meeting of an organization we serve. I was in the backseat, as was Brad, and we were talking about church, of course. And he said, “It seems every sermon I hear lately ends up talking about love; saying that, whatever the problem is, love is the answer. That if we have more love, and act with love, and stand on the side of love, then things will be OK. But I want and need preachers to give me something more tangible than that!”