The late Gordon Cosby, founder of the Church of the Savior in Washington, DC, often wrote about the shape of the Christian life involving our Journey Inward, Outward, and Together. Last Sunday we reflected upon the importance of listening to Christ, the Inward Journey, as a necessary practice for faithful discipleship. Listening well shapes our doing or the mission and activity of the Church. At Davidson UMC we say that “we are called to be the Body of Christ in our community.” And before we are the Body of Christ “out there,” or the Outward Journey, we are first the Body of Christ “in here”, in the life we share Together. In this week’s reading from Ephesians, we are reminded that the Church is a gift, and it is Christ who brings us together. Our Journey Together, how we are the Body of Christ in community, mirrors for the world the hope Christ has for all of humanity.