Holidays | Isolation | Worship

If one part is hurt, all parts are hurt with it. If one part is given special honor, all parts enjoy it
(I Cor. 12:26).

Several years ago, one of the big, daily newspapers ran a thought-provoking column about religious holy days and secular holidays. Both, said the writer, are losing their meaning. We appear to be simply “going through the motions on the days of our religious and secular festivals. More and more, we’re becoming a fragmented people, withdrawn from one another, isolated from one another, and you can’t celebrate a festival alone.” To which we might well add, “You can’t celebrate God’s gift of life alone.”