Excellent Answers Can't Get You to Love

We live in an image-is-everything world. Influencers coach us on how to speak, how to present, and how to pitch ourselves to get ahead. Even in communities that prize curiosity and good questions, it's easy to trade the search for truth for the comfort of airtight answers. In this week of Hot Takes, our series on 1 Corinthians, Pastor Tonetta Landisina takes on a letter many of us have complicated feelings about. She draws on The Great Gatsby, a mocking piece of ancient Roman graffiti, and the wisdom of Howard Thurman's grandmother. Along the way she explores why the people the world overlooks are often the ones best equipped to teach us, and why excellent answers can't get us to excellent love. Listen for permission to stop performing, and share it with someone who's tired of trying to be what everyone else wants.