Well ThPM is searching for a purpose….again. I never realized we’d have to reformat so often! One of the things about organic church/community planting is that things morph so much. They’re never static. I have to admitt, it’s a little exhausting. At the same time, I think it’s a good fit for me. For instance, I used to be an events planner. That’s what I did before I got ordained. I rasied a lot of money for good causes. But you had to do an event over and over again — annual auctions and the like. The problem was, after the second year, after I’d ironed out most of the kinks, I was bored. So I guess morphing is good for me. It keeps my brain engaged.

One of the things ThPM is struggling with is “what does it mean to be community?” Or another way to put it is “what does it mean to belong to one another?” I’d like my crew to think about this. Because we also want to belong to our neighbors, our coworkers, the folks that cross our paths and who’s paths we cross. And if we are going to do that, then the way we “count” our belonging to each other (as a body/community) probably has to be reformulated.

The other question I hear us asking is “what does it mean to be a worshipping, learning, God-seeking body together?” We all have different worship/God connecting languages. Can we find one that works between us all? If not, who gets to choose? This is the trickier question of the two.

During my centereing prayer lately I got a really clear image telling me to trust this process. I also had a dream telling me this was going to come easier than I had expected. I’m trying to trust that. I have to lie down on my bed a lot and put one my hand on my nervous stomach and one hand on pounding heart and ask Jesus to fill me with trust. (It’s a little combo yoga/centering prayer thing.) I really do think Aslan is afoot here though, so I’m sure we’ll figure it all out. By hook or by crook. … Shalom.