Loving Well: Practicing the Second Great Commandment, week 1

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.” Matthew 22:37-40

Jesus taught that loving God and other people was core to our faith, and yet many of us struggle in the everyday reality of our human relationships. Why is it possible to worship the Lord and study the Bible regularly and yet still come across as unforgiving, cold, or emotionally stunted? In this class, we will explore tools from the Emotionally Healthy Relationships course which will help us grow into disciples who love people well.

The Community Temperature Reading is a simple tool to help you practice regularly taking the temperature of a relationship.