Read the Lectionary Texts Today’s Scripture reading from Acts 16 is about the birth of a local church. The passage gives rise to the question, “What makes a church a CHURCH?” Then it suggests the more specific query, “What is the true measure of OUR church?” In other words, what do we need to be doing to be the kind of church God needs and wants us to be? The story line is pretty simple. Paul receives a vision directing him to head to Macedonia, which is just north of Greece. As always, Paul trusts the vision, and heads [READ MORE]