Pastor's Corner: About love

This time of year, around Valentine’s Day, our culture is saturated with talk about love. There is a pressure to “show” or even “prove” our love by giving gifts, sending notes, professing love. Love can, if we are not careful, start to become a commodity itself, something that can be given or taken away depending on the circumstances. And this “conditional love” can make us feel alone, afraid, and sad.

The Bible has a lot to say about love:

Love God. God is love. Be hopeful. God’s love will last forever. It is more abundant than you could ever comprehend. You do not deserv...