Choked Up.

Several people gathered together Saturday morning around some eggs, bagels, and the call we feel upon our lives to participate in the missio Dei. Our church is at the threshold of a spectacular journey following Jesus as communities of redeemed people intentional about redeeming the world around them. The ‘leaders’ of these emerging communities shared coffee, vision, and stories about what God is doing in, through, and around them. And we watched a short video about gospel-oriented, Jesus-centered communities sent to reach a world desperate to drink the kingdom to the dregs.

I am floored, over and again, by the voices of those who can hardly push past tears the deep, unsettling compassion they feel for a city they call their own, for people they live into and toward and for and among. They pour their lives out as a small huddle of broken people in order to see what beautiful thing Jesus might make of them. These are radically inclusive, embracing, accepting communities head over heels with Jesus and the world he so deeply loves, sincere about reshaping their lives around the missio Dei and not the other way around. Here, now, his kingdom is breaking in. Here, now, his life is fleshed by his people. Here, now, broken people are being healed in love.

It was refreshing to see someone weep over their city.

[ SOMA Communities // Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/22754743 ]

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