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How do we incarnate the body of Christ in this new frontier, this increasing wilderness? What do the roots of Christianity, of the apostles first forays into the world have to say for the church today? These are the questions that drive me. How are we to be the church in a culture that has forgotten the ways of Christ?

The call of the church today is to abandon its fortresses and to become nomads, following the breath of God as he fills the world with life; to pursue the shadow of an unrelenting and unceasing God that is passionately reclaiming what is his. I want to understand how he spoke through his first apostles as he called together and formed the body of believers in the upper room with his holy fire. I want to inhabit the words and minds of the ancient theologians and mystics that sought God above all else. Through all of this though I want to gain an understanding on how to inspire, lead, and bring others along on the narrow path, to one day see the new heavens and the new earth in all their glory, and to see the face of my savior and embrace his feet in awe.

This journey is both intimately personal, and at the same time impossible without being in community with other believers and unbelievers alike. For truly as the gospel states we all have sinned, and fallen short of God’s glory, but praise be the cross is sufficient for all who embrace it’s story.

-David

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Monday
08Jun2009

Some Updates

If, after my lack of writing, you are still subscribed to this blog than I say thank you.  Let me bring some context to my pause.

In my life I tend to routinely go through times of learning, processing, and production.  I have been spending the last few months learning and processing quite a few things that I am sure I will have to 'get out there' in some form soon.

That being said, there is only so much time in the day, and blogging has fallen down the list as I have intently focused on cultivating my relationship with my wife, kids, etc.

On a leadership side of things, I am a little more than half-way through a sabbatical from doing anything other than being present at Trinity Family.  I appreciate everyone for respecting my decision to pull-back, re-evaluate, and in the coming weeks re-emerge in a different direction.  While I have greatly enjoyed and been challenged to grow as part of the leadership these last two years it had the ironic side effect of distracting me from my relationship with God and my family.  As passionate as God is about his kingdom, I reject a mentality and work ethic that teaches an unhealthy balance in it's leadership.  God built us for relationships first and formost; the politics of leadership, and putting on a fancy show on Sundays are pretty far down the list in my book these days when it comes to where we need to be headed as a church.

So grace and peace to all of you.

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