Lent III: I Am the True Vine

Westminster Abbey by Westminster Abbey

Mar 10, 20263:35Government & Organizations

'Of course, ‘body ‘and ‘vine’ are both metaphors, used to help us imagine a truth, the depth of dependency on each other in Christ, that we would otherwise find impossible to grasp. Precisely how we are one body, branche...

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