From Saturday's Upper Room Daily Reflection (http://www.upperroom.org/daily/):
WE CAN BE SURE that Jesus keeps his promise and that when we gather in his name, he will be with us. We are often blessed by being in community. We receive encouragement, guidance, comfort, and hope by participating in a community. … These gifts of community are available to us all, and we receive them more readily when we remember that Jesus meets us there.
- Rueben P. JobA Guide to Prayer for All Who Seek God
Today’s Scripture Reading
The way God designed our bodies is a model for understanding our lives together as a church: … If one part hurts, every other part is involved in the hurt, and in the healing.
- 1 Corinthians 12:25-26, THE MESSAGE
Thought this was a good quote and scripture to post, since it has to do with being in community, and also about how this relates to our relationship with Jesus.
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At the risk of sounding even more non-Christian, I just want to say that at this moment, the whole Jesus part of the community thing is not really compelling to me. I may come around; I may not. But once I finish processing and responding to all of the stuff regarding the "radically new kingdom" messages, I think I just need/want silence in regards to any kind of religion and spirituality stuff - no theological discussion, no Jesus, no nothing - I just need silence and sitting for awhile. Of course, this is super-timely, at a point when 1) our community is trying to delve deeper into its faith component by worshipping, praying, and reflecting communally (a lot of this probably out loud) every other week in our Friday seminar time, and 2) I'm trying to convey my sincerity and dedication to theological education and "the ministry" to seminaries, by way of my words in applications.
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