This Wednesday we gathered to dream about our community and how it will look. What does a community look like with core values of Creativity, Hospitality, Relationality(is that a word?, Intentionality, Sustainability, and Transformation? As we talk about the vision of our community some of us recognized that this kind of community is hard to create...it asks a lot of us. We can't simply come and have everything fall into place, there is work to be done--but we believe that there is Grace to help us become who God wants us to be.
In my study of the Gospels I am always stuck by Christ's peace in the face of tremendous stress and difficulty. I used to wonder how he was able to let people choose their own path even when he knew a better way. But he did not lower his expectations, only offered them a hand and wisdom to follow him, even when it didn't seem to make much sense. I believe that when we live in expectancy, looking forward to what can be if we live into Christ's way, then amazing and wonderful things will happen. Expecting the best is a hope that help to push us beyond the limits of our imaginations into God's dream for the world!
It is in many ways the beginning a long journey of becoming and as a community of faith I am sure we will find that new life will come with a set of expectations, questions, hopes, difficulties and dreams that will challenge us. I feel sure that as God calls us to this journey, God will help us to see this dream come into its own.
I ask for your prayers for discovering our new name, and for having eyes for the journey that we may see the light of Christ leading us in the way we should go and connecting us with others who are dreaming for a place to be grounded and growing in Christ!
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