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b'As Glynn preached on this lesson last week noting that the church should stop making unity its goal and unify around social justice, Clay gives it a second look. He notes that the church is already united in "Original Sin." Our propensity to do violence and making it sacred is why the church and society reject the Gospel.\\n"As those of you who were here or have watched or read the sermon online will remember, Glynn asked how important is unity?\\xa0His position was \\u201cnot so much\\u201d if Jesus\\u2019 sermon to his hometown is any indication.\\xa0Jesus could have played to the crowd\\u2019s delight that a local boy was making the rest of the region sit up and take notice.\\xa0Instead he preached a sermon that transformed the congregation from a cheering crowd into a lynch mob ready to throw him off one of the cliffs that overlook Nazareth.\\xa0Glynn argued that Jesus\\u2019 message is that unity is only possible as an outcome for a community that seeks social justice for those on the margins.\\xa0He chastised especially the church for making unity a goal that trumps justice for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender community.\\xa0I couldn\\u2019t agree more and I would co-sign those sentiments.\\xa0But I would also argue that the church does not need to seek unity we are already united--by original sin.\\n\\xa0\\nSome of you may be wondering if you heard me right.\\xa0We don\\u2019t dangle people over hell\\u2019s fire as sinful beings at St Matthew\\u2019s and we certainly don\\u2019t look at babies as contaminated because they were created by S-E-X.\\xa0But, yes, you heard me right." \\n\\nFull text and video links available at www.stmatthews.org.nz.'