The Church in Corinth seems to have had a variety of problems. Among them was a division about former leadership. One group claimed to be followers of Apollos, another group claimed themselves to be the Paul group. It sounds like the way some identify with one or another former pastor. “It was better under Pastor Brown!” they intone with sad faces. In Corinth it was becoming a claim of who is attached to the better authority. So Paul writes, “What then is Apollos? What then is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe as the Lord assigned to each. I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither the one who plants or the one who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. The one who plants and the one who waters have a common purpose, and each will receive wages according to the labor of each. For we are God’s servants, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building.” (I Corinthians 3:5 – 9) All this is worth remembering as we go forward in the next months and years. We all work together for the good of God’s Kingdom. We all are servants/workers, but it is God who directs, guides, opens and closes doors, sees the future, and knows the path we should take. We are just called to be workers together.