Ok, almost out of the airport! Anyway, as I was trying to write yesterday, there were all these amazing different communities gathered not just to discuss, but to celebrate their faith as it is lived out in their very common, yet not-so-common life together.
The topic of the gathering was not just community, but faith lived out in every aspect on one's life and for these people, that meant inclusivity' identification with the poor, poverty, action, love and worship. It was clear that not everyone was coming from the same background and certainly not everyone was coming from the same sort of "doctrine". But what they did have in common was a desire to follow Christ so as not to be Christians, but to be disciples.
This was a good look at what I might call a kind of emerging neo-monasticism. The days were structured around morning worship which usually involved a phone call to someone like tony camplo or Brian mcclaren (rock stars of the faith) followed by learning sessions held in the morning. My flight is about to board so ill follow up on this later!
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Monday, June 23, 2008
Post PAPA fest
Well, here I am stuck in Chicago, about to fly out to get stuck in Detroit because the weather has been spotty and my flight has been delayed. I am pooped, but feel satisfied after having experienced this wonderful converging of communities.
As I think I alluded to before, I had no idea what to expect. I had a vague idea what it was about but that was kinda along the lines of: oh, there is this festival of people who come together to create community and they talk about interesting things like prayer and converting your diesel engine over to a vegetable oil burning engine. Yeah, pretty vague but I was intrigued. So I went along and discovered a network of intentional christian communities some of which have been around since the 1940,s while others have only been in existence for a few years.
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As I think I alluded to before, I had no idea what to expect. I had a vague idea what it was about but that was kinda along the lines of: oh, there is this festival of people who come together to create community and they talk about interesting things like prayer and converting your diesel engine over to a vegetable oil burning engine. Yeah, pretty vague but I was intrigued. So I went along and discovered a network of intentional christian communities some of which have been around since the 1940,s while others have only been in existence for a few years.
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Thursday, June 19, 2008
This is a test
So, I thought I would try out mobile blogging while I am away the next week and a half. Let's see how it goes!
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