Church planter Steve Wright asks: "Should church be cool?" and cites Donald Miller:
If the supposed new church believes in trendy music and cool Web pages, then it is not relevant to culture either. It is just another tool of Satan to get people to be passionate about nothing." (Blue Like Jazz, 111)
In her "interview", Christine Daltillo asks
"I dream (and my closest friends dream) of starting a Christian commune. Yes, we are joking. But, we desire a place of safety, love, companionship, shared vision, worship and accountability that is a retreat, but still in our community. A place where we could gain strength and encouragement, but still engage the world. You get the idea.
I'll close with a question... why does it seem that to gain community you have to accept theological looseness?"
Steve Norris continues his discussion of being church "homeless" with a probing look at loneliness even when in Christian fellowship.
We have, so far, been to two different churches in the past eight months or so, and have visited a third church together as well. As I look back, the common thread is one of a haunting sense of loneliness associated with our church visits. The worship is fine, the sermons are good, even great on some occasions. But the interaction, the "fellowship" if you will, is sadly lacking. If I never showed up again, no one would know, or care."
Anybody want to share a thought, a similar struggle or possible solutions? Or is there something in all of these posts that longs for a type of church anchored in far more than what we humans can do in our own strength. What would it look like if our Christian communities were really an expression of "Divine Communion"?
(Yes, that's the topic of my first book, but it would be good to hear some other perspectives.)
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