vol. 6, num. 17 :: 2007.09.21 — 2007.10.05
Celebrating five years of bi-weekly online publishing with another look at the multitude of ways in which we receive and proliferate the gift of community.
Overuse of the word community beckons us to rediscover its meaning.
Nostalgia for the kind of community that used to be prompts questions about what we’ve really lost.
A work of art serves as a reminder of the nature of Christian fellowship.
On the joys and challenges of living in Christian community.
On inter-textual pop culture community in The Cable Guy.
How far have we come in a year and where are we headed next?
For reasons of bad theology to bad taste, sometimes it?s easier to flee than fight.
On how vocabulary fosters a sense of community.
Joshua A. Hill on “cheap electricity” and the cost of discipleship.
Amy Deal writes about what she learned in two years of teaching in Mongolia.
An organization called Word Made Flesh strives to represent the community of God to all people.
A community of faith living in the Kensington section of Philadelphia.
Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.
Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home
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