Quotes about Community

Change within community is counterintuitive to the way we often think, but Scripture clearly presents it as God's way of making us more like Christ.

Worship is first an identity before it becomes an activity.

As we live with each other in the middle of the already and the not yet, we need more than elevated emotion and accurate understanding. We need eyes to see this one amazing reality: we are Christ's and he is ours. We need to see that it is spiritually impossible for us to ever be alone. His amazing resources of grace are constantly at our disposal.

In short, we are called to help each other see the unseen reality of our active, present, and personal God.

To the degree that you forget you are a sinner, you will underestimate your daily need for Christ and the relationships in his body that are his tools of change.

Maintain the unity of the Spirit

In other words, you can't take the gospel seriously and not take your relationships seriously.

Yet we are most true to our identity and calling when we live in the midst of broken people.

Father, Son, and Spirit were torn apart so that we might be united with them and with each other.

Because it is grounded in the Trinity, our unity also allows us to celebrate our diversity in the body of Christ.

So that the body of Christ may be built up

My panic was about more than being overwhelmed in my responsibilities; it revealed a lack of trust in God. We can't move toward community with one another until we have been drawn into community with God.