Monday, November 3, 2008

Community

I sat in a Korean church yesterday, attending a friend's baptism. He's not Korean. (Neither am I.)
I listened to them sing beautiful hymns in their heart language, praising our Precious Saviour... unified.
Authenticity dwelt in their midst.
Could it be this traditional, small church body could actually have what everyone seems to be seeking?

Community.

Has our post-modern, emergent, radical 'movement' so branded this idea of community that its' only face is that of 20 something would be hippies?

When the (way over sized) community emphasizes meeting new people when your personal network consists of 1000 people already, isn't that overwhelming?

What of 12 people bent on seeking truth?
What of building relationships rather than contacts?

Have we so loosely overused this word, community, that it's lost its' intensity? Its' truth? Its' meaning?

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