Living stones

Next week Scattered reads 1 Peter 2:1–10, and Peter changes the picture. Christ is "the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God's sight," and "you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood." A house built from people rather than a place: no address, and still a house.

This week the room kept asking what holiness looks like when you are far from home. The answer it kept reaching was love: love one another deeply, from a pure heart, wherever you are. Next week's passage takes that further. The people loving each other at a distance are not scattered bricks. God is building them into one house.

For anyone serving online, that is a promise worth reading slowly. A Discord server, a Twitch chat or a WhatsApp group can feel like a pile of loose stones, everyone in their own corner. Peter says God is the builder, and Christ is the stone everything rests on. A church without an address is still being built.

This weekend, sit with this week's passage, 1 Peter 1:13–25, one more time. Then read ahead into 1 Peter 2:1–10 before Tuesday's session, live on Twitch at 5:00 PM ET. Come ready to talk about being a living stone, and about the people God is building into a house with you.