Sitting here with tears filling my eyes because I crave this kind of connection and church and gathering and sending out and praying and sharing my table with others so desperately. I’m a long-time church goer who knows no one intimately and feels unknown and unseen. Thank you for putting words to this. May we be people who are the Church, not just attend the church.
Appreciate your transparency Beth. You are living in the gap right now. That’s hard but I pray you are able to step into living out church with people who are committed to the practices of it 🙏🏻
It is a way of accepting that we must decrease so that Jesus may increase in the hearts of people. It is an approach that gives others the opportunity to know Jesus more easily, just as He is revealed in the Scriptures. May God bless you abundantly.
This is so true! I remember finding my community within the church during seminary and how it went beyond just a church building. We lived life together, and it was incredible!
Sitting here with tears filling my eyes because I crave this kind of connection and church and gathering and sending out and praying and sharing my table with others so desperately. I’m a long-time church goer who knows no one intimately and feels unknown and unseen. Thank you for putting words to this. May we be people who are the Church, not just attend the church.
Appreciate your transparency Beth. You are living in the gap right now. That’s hard but I pray you are able to step into living out church with people who are committed to the practices of it 🙏🏻
It is a way of accepting that we must decrease so that Jesus may increase in the hearts of people. It is an approach that gives others the opportunity to know Jesus more easily, just as He is revealed in the Scriptures. May God bless you abundantly.
Lord help us walk in the Jesus way
Ame. God bless you
Thank you, Mark. This is wonderful and an excellent follow-up to your 7 Habits article.
Thanks Meredith! That’s helpful feedback - pray it resonates
This is so true! I remember finding my community within the church during seminary and how it went beyond just a church building. We lived life together, and it was incredible!
Yes, I think once we experience it (and I came to faith in simple church that lived life together) it is the vision cast for what church truly is