We are a diverse congregation, which means we need to answer one particular question: what is the best way for Christians from different cultural backgrounds to love one another — especially if we have different responses to the pandemic?

A good friend of Jesus dies, and his other friends want to know why he didn’t stop it from happening. Isn’t he the Son of God? Doesn’t he care? Is there any hope of life? Yes. Yes. And Yes.

Does God love us? How can we tell for certain? Travel back to the day the nation of Israel was officially adopted as God’s son, and find out how they would have answered this question…