Here's a comment (I expanded it a little bit here) I left on someone's blog earlier...and this stuff has been on my mind lately anyways, so I thought I should share it on my blog as well...
When I was at catalyst, I heard a guy speak and one thing he said really stuck out to me. Interestingly enough, he was talking about how the "younger generations" are infatuated with this idea of community...yet we have absolutely no idea of how go get and live it. He said that, but then I was thinking that if we are so impressed with the idea, then the desire for such a tight-knit community is obviously there. Rather....here's a better question. I think that community exists everywhere, but what we, as Christians, desire is the REAL community through Christ. So maybe this idea of community isn't necessarily having a bunch friends, but it's an interconnection between believers through Christ on a completely different level. It's not about having a million best friends...it's about having brothers and sisters in Christ and the connection that you have with each of those people. Honestly, one of the places where I feel like I experience the most authentic Christian community is a place where, in a worldly sense, I do not belong. Nevertheless, the desire to know God permeates the group and none of those worldy classifications matter anymore.
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What do you think are some distinctives of authentically Christian community? Or, here's a better question, "What kind of community would best reflect and honor the death of Jesus?
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