Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.
(1 Corinthians 12.27
NRSV)
Experts tell us that one of the most accurate means of discerning communication is to watch body language; a nod of the head, a shrug of the shoulders, crossing the arms over the chest, all may tell us what the other party is thinking far more accurately than the words that come from his or her lips. In fact, some business books advise people to feign interest by deliberately using specific body language. For example, one source states that "steepling of hands is usually interpreted as a sign of deep thought. Doctors and psychiatric professionals traditionally steeple when listening to patients. Result: Someone who deliberately steeples tends to be considered a deep thinker and powerful, intelligent person. This expert recommends that business people steeple in meetings, or while listening to colleagues one-on-one."
St. Paul uses body language in our lesson for the day when he is trying to describe how a church is supposed to operate. Oh, we don't know if he steepled his hands or not. He used body language of a different sort. What St. Paul does is compare members of a church to parts of a body. Some of us are eyes, some
ears. Some of us are mouths, some feet, and some of us noses, etc. I'll leave it to you to figure out who among us is what.
Paul's message is a very simple one and yet it is also vital. Each of us is indispensable.
God of love, you are indispensable to me. In Jesus name, Amen.
Ron Newhouse
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