Here’s an old note from Mike Smith (one of the original founders) that tried to describe why more information wasn’t the solution to spiritual formation — we didn’t need more information about the Bible (most of us had Bible degrees!) to keep it locked in our heads without ever having to travel down into our bodies or hearts.
We are continuing to work through leadership which is very tied into our understanding of church. Slow but steady.
One phrase I came up with to describe what I feel about the way Christ’s work in me or in our group happens is: “The kingdom does not advance primarily by words but the kingdom’s advance always involves words.”
The tendency for me has been to think that the kingdom advances primarily by words and therefore the heavy premium on “teaching” in the sense of telling. I guess right now I am more into teaching in the sense of actions with a less of an emphasis on using words.
Sometimes knowing more information is the very problem that keeps us from actually implementing what we already knew. We knew enough about what it was, but we didn’t know enough about how — and that’s the sort of thing that is learned only by doing.
We are a group of families striving to live an authentic faith free from artificial social constructs. We do not go to church, rather, we are the church. For 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, we struggle with and how to grow in this reality. We are Liquid.