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BlogHere are the thoughts and news of the people in our community. Leave a comment as you wish. If you want to join the blogging ask Mark.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007Community DreamsThis is a really interesting post by Jason Clarke on Community. The first point grabbed my attention in particular. It was a good reminder that community in and of itself is an illusive goal. Community is a by-product of doing something meaningful together. It really links with what Bonhoeffer said about loving the idea of community more than the reality of community itself. The idealism of community is the surest way to kill of community. This is the heart of the Gospel - to love peope against the odds. There are always surprising ones, ones that hit hard against us in our consumerist, individualistic society, where the personal rights, and the freedom to choose are the highest values. Hence we could baulk at 'renouncing choice' and having 'clear rules' and needing 'leadership'. The post is based on reseearch into communities and actually the list resembles that on the 'building community' page, based on research done by Randy Frazee. I firmly believe that the essence of church is community, but just to say that isn't enough it seems. thoughts? Labels: church, community, discipleship, mission Posted by: Mark | 1:56 pm |
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