Sorry about not posting for the last few days. Conferences and the like sometimes get in the way of the "important" things in life, like blogging! Okay, just kidding with that, but one of the realities of life is that sometimes things come up and prevent me from having ready access to the internet, which corresponds to my lack of blogging at times.
Last week, I started talking about the different ways that we can understand this catchphrase, "connecting community and Christ." Overall, there are four different ways that I see this phrase being constructed. Today, I want to spend a few thoughts on the first of these ways.
"Connecting Community." As part of our life together in Christ, we are a community that is connected together. In the water of baptism, God takes sinful human beings and brings them into His community of faith. We aren't brought into our connecting with God to exist only in that connection, but to also be connected to others who share our faith. Biblically speaking, it's pretty unknown to be one of God's people and yet be separate from the rest of the community of God's people. When God makes people His own, He introduces them into the community that we call the church.
Within that community, God's people connect together. Now, it would be really great if that just happened. But the sad reality is, we don't always naturally connect together in God's household. Far too often, we fail to connect together. If we don't intentionally work on our connections together in Christ, we'll probably see them falter or fail.
So God's community is a connecting community. And as you think about that for today, I ask you this question. How do you go about connecting with your fellow faithful in God's community? Do you only seek out those who are like you, or whom you like? Do you connect only with people who are like you, or who are at your stage in life? Do you strive to connect with God's people, regardless of what you have in common with them, or of their age, or any other differences that you may note?
God's community works together best when we are actively seeking to connect with one another in our community. In fact, I would far rather hear someone say that they had too many people connect with them rather than hear them say that no one connected with them. And so, I encourage all of God's people to be active in connecting with others in their faith community, regardless of who they are. After all, they are part of your community, and community works best when we all work to connect together in Christ.
Last week, I started talking about the different ways that we can understand this catchphrase, "connecting community and Christ." Overall, there are four different ways that I see this phrase being constructed. Today, I want to spend a few thoughts on the first of these ways.
"Connecting Community." As part of our life together in Christ, we are a community that is connected together. In the water of baptism, God takes sinful human beings and brings them into His community of faith. We aren't brought into our connecting with God to exist only in that connection, but to also be connected to others who share our faith. Biblically speaking, it's pretty unknown to be one of God's people and yet be separate from the rest of the community of God's people. When God makes people His own, He introduces them into the community that we call the church.
Within that community, God's people connect together. Now, it would be really great if that just happened. But the sad reality is, we don't always naturally connect together in God's household. Far too often, we fail to connect together. If we don't intentionally work on our connections together in Christ, we'll probably see them falter or fail.
So God's community is a connecting community. And as you think about that for today, I ask you this question. How do you go about connecting with your fellow faithful in God's community? Do you only seek out those who are like you, or whom you like? Do you connect only with people who are like you, or who are at your stage in life? Do you strive to connect with God's people, regardless of what you have in common with them, or of their age, or any other differences that you may note?
God's community works together best when we are actively seeking to connect with one another in our community. In fact, I would far rather hear someone say that they had too many people connect with them rather than hear them say that no one connected with them. And so, I encourage all of God's people to be active in connecting with others in their faith community, regardless of who they are. After all, they are part of your community, and community works best when we all work to connect together in Christ.
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