Tag: community- building

How Christ builds community

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“Life in community is no less than a necessity for us— it is an inescapable ‘must’ that determines everything we do and think. Yet it is not our good intentions or efforts that have been decisive in our choosing this way of life. Rather, we have been overwhelmed by a certainty— a certainty that has […]

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Receive

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“And with that he breathed on them and said, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’” | John 20.22, NIV In our capitalist system, we are prone to think that receiving is about getting.  “Gimme” is the empire’s prayer response.  We say, “more” as confirmation of receipt.  The entitlement drips from our lips.  We expect to have.  We lay claim […]

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Resolve to Form New Community

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Happy New Year!  Now, before all of confetti is accounted for and removed, before the balloons begin to deflate, returning to their natural state, before you and I lose the momentum of the moment and the newness of this year rubs off, I want to ask you to do something.  I know that it will […]

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