A Tribal Alternative

Chris Monroe has posted an excellent piece on his blog entitled “Would Your Church Leave a Hole in the Community?” (HT: BroMay).  In this thought-provoking post, he asks:

How big of a difference are we making in our community, and if our congregation were to suddenly disappear, what size hole would we leave?

As I considered this, I hoped and prayed that our community (Little Flowers) would feel the lose.  I really believe that it would.  No, it may not make the newspaper (though I question if this is always a valid criteria), but our neighbours and neighbourhood would feel the loss.  I am thankful that we have been able to come to that place as a missional community.

However, it was while I imagine us leaving our community that the most profound and painful question came into my mind:

How big a difference is our community making in our lives, and if we were suddenly to disappear, what size of hole would they leave?

Read the whole post here.

I am excited to announce that my full time blog, ‘A Living Alternative: Our Missional Pilgrimage’ has moved to a new home.  Designed and hosted by the ever talents Solo Design, my new blog can be found at:

www.missional.ca

I am also back to regular blogging, which means I will be posting here as well.  In the meantime, check out my recent posts at my new site:

• Promise Keepers Canada’s ‘SEVEN’ Magazine Takes On The Almight Buck
• Book Review: Longing For God: Seven Paths of Christian Devotion, by Richard Foster & Gayle Beebe

Look forward to the conversation!