Kicking back up; This and That

My apologies for not being diligent on this blog for the past couple of weeks.

Not sure if anyone reads this or not, but, hey!... It's good just to write.

I am preparing to continue the series of "Disciplines in Community," developed from David's life. On Sunday we'll be tackling the discipline of humility. Some of the passages we'll be looking at are 2 Samuel 16:5-14; Psalm 23; and Mark 6.

This is a tough discipline because we are poor at speaking truth and at hearing truth. It's also tough because the organized church can sometimes come across as cold--sometimes it is cold--and the truth feels like getting hit with a wet fish.

This makes me excited about the discipline in two weeks, which is accountability. My friend and sister-in-Christ Beth passed a great book along to me a while ago--probably about a year ago--called "Organic Community." I loved a few of the insights this book had and passed it along to a friend who is in management at his work. One of the insights that I did not appreciate at the moment was a movement from being "accountable" to being "editable." I am going to highlight this distinction which I think is prevalent in one event of David's life in two weeks. Thanks, Beth!

Let me close this little bit of rambling off with a quote from "Organic Community" that is so important for me to remember as I lead some of the community initiatives at our church: "It is not the product of community we are looking for. It is the process of belonging that we long for."