Hello Everyone,
Well we missed our March meeting and that is my fault but I'm back on top of my life (as much as that is possible) and hope we can pick up in April. Also, please invite someone if you think they'd enjoy the conversation.
Recently, Mike C. posted an interesting post on the "Restless Church" website in which many of us are members. I think this will be a great discussion starter for the next couple gatherings. I've included an excerpt below and also a link to the whole post here:
http://www.mendingshift.com/
As usual we're meeting at the following:
Hope to see you there. Please let me know if you're coming since the place we gather is quite small and if we add a few more we might need to move locations down the street to a different Starbucks.
Gathering Specifics:
8 pm - April 13, 2009
Orange Line Accessible - West Falls Church Station
Excerpt:
Jeromy Johnson, in a short, beautiful essay, captures precisely what I hope this "restless church" thing is about - or could be about, if it ever really gains momentum. Here's an excerpt:
A remerging of the willing. This is how I believe history will define this time.
A remerging of those who don’t want to put aside their differences for unity’s sake, but want unity to be found in recognizing and embracing the beauty in all of our differences. (Paul’s description of the Body comes to mind for me here).
A remerging of those who realize they don’t need to seek permission from the “top” to unite and walk together in love, but now see that Jesus already gave them permission to unite and then prayed that they would.
A remerging of those who choose reconciliation, healing, and forgiveness over entrenchment, division, fear, and anger.
A remerging of those who choose to toss aside the rules and theologies that divide, and choose to embrace the healing freedom that really does exist in Christ.
Amen, and amen, and amen.
