orderly

Paul concludes this section of the letter about the worship life of the church (ch. 11-14) by focusing on the need for order in the worship gathering. Even though our worship gatherings today differ from the Corinthian gatherings, there is much for us to learn here about how to glorify God and edify one another in worship.

  Zhaozhou Congshen asked Nanquan Puyuan, "What is the Way?"
  Nanquan said, "Ordinary mind is the Way."
  Zhaozhou asked, "Can we deliberately strive toward this?"
  Nanquan said, "To strive toward it is to turn away."
  Zhaozhou said, "Without striving, how can we know the Way?"
  Nanquan said, "The Way has nothing to do with knowing or not-knowing. 'Knowing' is delusion, 'not-knowing' is apathy. If you really attain the Way-without-doubt, it is vast and boundless like open space. How can you speak of affirmation and negation?"
  At these words Zhaozhou was deeply enlightened.

from Entangling Vines, Thomas Yuho Kirchner, trans

In early June 2019, Nas X came out to his sister and father, and he felt the universe was signalling him to do so despite his uncertainty whether his fans would stick by him or not. On June 30, 2019, the last day of Pride Month, Nas X came out publicly as gay, tweeting: "some of y'all already know, some of y'all don't care, some of y'all not gone fwm no more. but before this month ends i want y'all to listen closely to c7osure. The tweet confirmed earlier suspicions when he first indicated this in his track "c7osure". Rolling Stone noted the song "touches on themes such as coming clean, growing up and embracing one's self". The next day he tweeted again, this time highlighting the rainbow-colored building on the cover art of his EP 7, with the caption reading "deadass thought i made it obvious". He was unambiguous in an interview several days later on BBC Breakfast, where he stated that he was gay and understands that his sexuality is not readily accepted in the country or rap music communities. The response to the news was mostly positive, but also garnered a large amount of homophobic backlash on social media, to which Nas X also reacted. The backlash also came from the hip hop community, drawing attention to homophobia in hip hop culture. In January 2020, rapper Pastor Troy made homophobic comments on the outfit Nas X wore during the Grammy Awards, to which Nas X nonchalantly responded: "Damn I look good in that pic on god. 

Theme Scripture: St. John 13:33-35

Eugenics Movement: Romans 8:5-15; Ephesians 2:11-18; James 4:1-4 & Romans 1:21-32

Montero Lamar Hill:

 Montero is a Spanish surname meaning the occupational name for a beater or other assistant at a hunt, from an agent derivative of monte, which, as well as meaning 'mountain', 'hill'

Luke 8:17; Ephesians 5:12; Matthew 6:24; John 10:10; 2 Timothy 3:15; Isaiah 45:3-7; Matthew 19:8-11; 1 Corinthians 7:1-14; Ecclesiasticus 39:25; 31:13