40 Days of Community
on Granville in Vancouver, BC
Lots of talk about creating community these days, and in the proverbial alienation of urban life, we need it. I recently listened to an interview on the Mars Hill Audio Journal (and if you don't know about this fascinating project by Ken Myers, you should) in which one contributor made the case for most psychological problems orginating in loneliness.
Rick Warren, of 40 Days of Purpose fame, has created a follow-up 40-day study in hopes of creating more community among Christians, and the Northwest Church is a pilot church for the program. I'm glad to say that the study will be based in I Corinthians 13, and it will be interesting to watch the hold thing unfold. Our small group spent 3 plus hours yesterday wrestling with the idea of love, and what it really means, and where it comes from. Is it a feeling, an action, or a more mysterious thing fusing the two, a gifting of God that isn't created by action, but that is discovered there.
Here's a thought for those of you in on that discussion, and feel free to join in. As Anjie and I were talking last night, an image popped into my mind that I liked.
What if the act of service to both stranger and kin is a kind of sanctuary, a place where the grail sits, and in giving the cup of cold water, the door to that holy place--and haven't we searched for it all our lives?--swings wide, and there you are given the gift you're praying for...Love.
8:11:55 AM 
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