This is Part 2 in response to the statement you made in this article, Jonas . . . and which I highlighted:
“I’m open to the smallness of community.”
Part 1 was about The Sleeping Giant . . . and small cell groups
I wish to add two actual life experiences to the statement that you made in this wonderfully insightful article, Jonas . . . and which I highlighted:
I’m open to the smallness of community.
Many years ago — before you were born, I would say—my husband was a lay minister in a huge Protestant church in…
You certainly do not seem to lack for things to do in a day, Gordie. My days are also very filled, but with a totally different type of busyness . . . perhaps because of a different type of lifestyle and community.
I have lived in many different types of communities, many of which have contributed more similarly to the…
Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love. — Mother Teresa
“Take a comfortable seat. Focus on your breath and set an intention for today’s practice,” said the yoga instructor.
I live in a condo and both the units next door to mine are empty. However I do know the people living a few units down and I stop and have a chat with them when I see them. We also know our upstairs neighbour and we don’t have any units below ours.
What do you get when a Canadian, an Appalachian, an Englishman, an Australian, a South African and many of unknown roots, reach out to a middle American speck of a woman?
You get spaces between lines colored in, realizations made, directions becoming clear. You get mountains of…