"'What is written in the Law?' he replied. 'How do you read it?' He answered: 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" —Luke 10:26 & 27 (NIV)
"A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." —John 13:34 & 35 (NIV)
Many years ago in Hawaii on a Sunday night in January, Hope Chapel Waikiki was born. We met in the small chapel at the Community Center and had about 12 people (including Pastor Jack and Maree Nordgren and their family), sitting in a circle on folding chairs. But, I am getting ahead of myself here.