It’s January now. Here in New England we’ve hunkered down for whatever contingencies winter might visit upon us. The last needles have fallen off the Christmas trees, costumes from the Nativity pageant are stored away for next year, miniature outdoor lights have been unplugged, and the whole Yuletide season is receding into memory. Outdoors, snowplows…

“Now you are the body of Christ and individual members of it.”I Corinthians 12-27 Because of the long tradition of American individualism, most of us have a hard time really understanding how the Bible sees us. How of have you heard someone say, I can worship God better in nature than I can in church?”…