In our last series, we talked about loving our neighbours, and stepped through six shifts. From stranger to neighbour to acquaintance to partner to friend to becoming “like family”.
It’s possible to become like family with a focused group of people, where you practice loving your neighbours within that small group, and see that spill over to others outside.
This series looks specifically at this stage of being “like family” with other followers of Jesus. It’s called the church, believe it or not. Important that explore what church means as we prepare to launch a new church in Ajax in 2014.
You probably have all sorts of preconceived notions of what that word means. Attached you’ll find a video of some people on the street who were asked about what they think of when they hear “church”.
You can find the video here:
Question: When you hear the word “church” what do you immediately see, or think? Make a list, there may be several. What experiences have informed you?
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I'm sure you've seen the posters: Keep Calm and Carry On
Have you seen the story of the poster & slogan? Check it out here if you haven't: https://vimeo.com/48907330
It's so popular, they say here, because it's a simple, warm-hearted line to inspire confidence in others in hard times.
It's a memorable one-liner, meant to help people get through a war – a time where nothing is familiar, everything changing and dangerous.
Life can still be like that – maybe why people love this poster so much.
I did a Google search and found all sorts of people offering up their one liner for life. My favourite online life motto: Don't reduce your life to a sentence
We'll see tomorrow how Jesus summed up his teaching in the Sermon on the Mount with a one-liner.
Question: What is your guiding principle in life?
