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Community Reveals Itself in the Ordinary

Most weeks after Bible study, conversation continues after the “formal time” has ended.  The dialogue can include anything from cultural prejudice to computer games to the problem of evil to properly made coffee.  These ordinary, spontaneous moments say more about … Continue reading

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Our Neighborhood has been Recognized!

Last night, two of us from the monthly Il Fornaio crew went there without the crew. The hostess and some of the wait staff said, “Only two?” (We informed them that the crew is coming next Saturday.) So, what’s the … Continue reading

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Being Church on the Way to Uncluttered

Lately I’ve been thinking about being church in ordinary life, prompted by some changes in Sanctify (a ministry I help lead) and, most recently, by Alan Knox’s new series.  I am theoretically convinced–meaning, I intellectually grasp the notion and the … Continue reading

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Reflection on “Moving Back into the Neighborhood”

This reflection uses “Moving Back into the Neighborhood” by Alan Roxburgh as a catalyst for pondering embodiment in the neighborhood.  In this short article, Roxburgh reflects on the August, 2009, “Moving Back into the Neighborhood” conference in San Diego, CA, … Continue reading

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The Value of Ordinary Life: Worship as Perspective and Treasure

This post continues the discussion of topics informing a network of neighborhoods. In the initial post, Becoming a Network of Neighborhoods, I pondered some informing concepts and arrived at provisional definitions of each. Neighborhood: a love-formed relational space, usually composed … Continue reading

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