Found a great podcast featuring Mark Scandrette during my break. In it, he addresses 5 Myths of Community.
“If we want real community like the early church… we must be willing to embrace hurt and suffering… because love is costly.”
Sounds very counter-intuitive to the American dream and empire.
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Just listened to this story again via the Church Basement Roadshow. It’s a great reminder of those we’re called to serve and love.
Take some time to read it, or enjoy Mark’s reading of it via the Church Basement Roadshow.
Love those who least expect it and love those who least deserve it.
SOUL GRAFFITI
Chapter Four: Experiments in Truth
By Mark Scandrette
It is bittersweet to recall the first few years that our family lived in San Francisco. We had moved to the city with a dream: to form a community of people who would take Jesus seriously as the teacher and revolutionary he intended to be. Our new neighbors and acquaintances were quick to point out that people who called themselves “Christians†were responsible for the inquisitions, religious wars, and homophobia—not to mention the historic use of scripture to justify slavery, the massacre of native peoples, aggressive foreign policy, and the destruction of the Earth’s resources. I had to agree that there was tremendous dissonance between the dominant reputation of Christianity and the life of Christ and the early church. We desperately wanted to be people who embodied the revolution of the kingdom of love—offering an apologetic for the authenticity of the Way of Jesus as an alternative to mainstream Christianity.
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For those of you who missed it (or want to see it again – like myself) – video of the Church Basement Roadshow is now available online.
The video comes from the Church Basement Roadshow stop at Disciples Fellowship in Birmingham, Alabama.
Church Basement Roadshow from Steve Knight on Vimeo.
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