Community

Our Best Work is Together

Community, Teamwork, Working Together

Your right hand is only most useful when you also have a left. Although you cando a lot with only one hand, hands work…

Vulnerable and Lonely

Community, Loneliness, Lonely, Vulnerable

“Our report suggests that 36% of all Americans—including 61% of young adultsand 51% of mothers with young children—feel ‘serious loneliness.’ Notsurprisingly, loneliness appears to…

Pacing Yourself for a Long Fulfilled Life

Burnout, Depression, Self-Care, Taking care of others

In an interview, Shona Murray comments on the sense of being overwhelmed and burned-out from the tasks of her life. She said she received…

You’ve Got a Friend in Community

Community, Forgiveness, Friendship, Unity

You got a friend in me” The Randy Newman song can be heard throughout every Toy Story movie. The original movie, Toy Story (directed…

Unity isn’t Walking Alone

Community, Unity

We aren’t meant to walk alone: “Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart / And you’ll never walk alone.” These lyrics from…

Church DNA

Church Family, Community, Culture, Ethics

DNA is the code of life. Your DNA defines (physically) who you are. It not only defines who you are but also tells where…

Community Teamwork

Community, team, Unity

One of the most powerful examples of a community is a team. Whether it is a World Cup soccer team or fictional superheroes like…

Created for Community

Community, God's Creation, isolation, Seperation

The COVID-19 pandemic created a situation many people had never considered:forced separation from one another—and for some, total isolation. This situation resulted in a…

Chosen Family

Chosen Family, Community, Family, Found Family, The Family of God

In the last few years, the media has given attention to the notion of chosen family, with traditions such as Friendsgiving gaining momentum. Friendsgiving…

Diversity, Unity, and the Love of God

Community, Diversity, Family, God's Love, Love, The Body of Christ, The Family of God, Unity

We can demonstrate the love of God well when we act as an aggregate, a whole formed by collecting many parts into one group,…

Connected

Community, Connection, Health, The Body of Christ, The Church

“Within a shrouded New Zealand forest, a tree stump keeps itself alive by holding onto the roots of its neighboring trees, exchanging water and…

Church Family

Church Family, Community, Family, Family of God, The Church, Unity

The human family unit is meant to be a small model of how the family of God works. Christians are called to treat each…

Family Is Family

Church, Community, Family, Family of God, Relationships

Church is a bit like a family reunion. You don’t get to pick who is invited. Family is family. The church family is sometimes…

Unity Is Essential

Body of Christ, Christians, The Church, Unity

In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul describes the church as a body that is made up of individuals. However, though it is made up of…

The Perfect Place to Hide

Community, Honesty, Relationships, Social Media

Social media has become the photo album of the day, highlighting everyone’s best times and memories—and it feels upsetting. Why isn’t anyone being real?…

Disciples Making Disciples

Community, Discipleship, Great Commission, Maturity

Remember that part of being a disciple is making disciples—obeying Jesus’s Matthew 28 command (which applies to us, as it endures “to the end…

Costume Party

Church, Community, Connection, Vulnerability

Can you imagine hosting a dinner party where instead of having friends come over and share their lives with you, they came dressed for…

In Person

Church, Community, Gathering, Technology

While the internet provides very valuable tools, tutoring for our children, directions on fixing the washing machine, and online Bible studies galore, nothing can…