Ryanne Molinari

An Active & Imaginative Life

February 14, 2023

Love

Foremost and fertile, it images the True
Vine in Whom all things are made and made anew.
It is at once the soil and root:
Love, agapé, the Spirit’s firstborn fruit.

I’ll likely add more to this poem in the future, but it seemed thematic for Valentine’s Day. Did you know that love isn’t merely the first fruit of the Spirit but the firstborn fruit? Love contains all the other fruits!

Check out either my Livestream with Reawaken Hymns or my podcast with Renew the Arts to learn more.

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Ryanne Molinari (MLitt, University of St. Andrew’s) is a pianist/organist, pastor’s wife, and lover of words. She is the author of Spirit-Filled Singing: Bearing Fruit as We Worship Together, and her writing has been published in journals such as the Journal of the T. S. Eliot Society (UK). Connect with Ryanne by subscribing to her blog or following her on Instagram.