Quotation of the Week
While I am not advocating every Christian abandon their rural and suburban neighbourhoods, I believe for communities to be missional they must consider intentionally rooting their lives in specific communities as an essential expression of their missional commitment. One cannot be missional without prayerfully considering their location, not letting it be incidental to the incarnational faith… The great narrative of God through history as seen throughout the entire Bible seems significantly rooted in location. We cannot assume that we are called to a location simply because that happens to be where we are…
While I am not advocating every Christian abandon their rural and suburban neighbourhoods, I believe for communities to be missional they must consider intentionally rooting their lives in specific communities as an essential expression of their missional commitment. One cannot be missional without prayerfully considering their location, not letting it be incidental to the incarnational faith…
The great narrative of God through history as seen throughout the entire Bible seems significantly rooted in location. We cannot assume that we are called to a location simply because that happens to be where we are…
From Jamie Arpin-Ricci
Thanks for the shout out. If you have been following the comments, it has been an intense discussion, but a good one. You and this blog were even mentioned!
Peace, Jamie
Great food for thought in this quote….
Amen to that.
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Thanks for the shout out. If you have been following the comments, it has been an intense discussion, but a good one. You and this blog were even mentioned!
Peace,
Jamie
Great food for thought in this quote….
Amen to that.