it's about 'what is church?' it's about whether 'emergent' is the latest Christian trend or something more substantial. it's musing on what it means to live faithfully...in the city, in America, in community, intergenerationally, at this time in history...
The Bruderhof Community offers readers a 'daily dig' - quotes from many different sources that will encourage, provoke, inspire and challenge. I think I stumbled upon this because of a friend at Bethany and it's the only daily e-mail to which I subscribe. If you're interested in giving it a try, click here, and then post a comment and let me know what you think!
posted by Richard Dahlstrom @ 2:48 PM
My name is Richard Dahlstrom, and I'm the Senior Pastor at Bethany Community Church in Seattle, WA. I've started this blog so that I can record my own thoughts about being a middle-aged pastor, in a great city, at the beginning of the 21st century. I've been at Bethany for over 10 years, and during this time, it seems that my entire theological world has been deconstructed, and recontructed again on the same foundation - with the end result feeling somewhat as if I've been through a squeezing machine, had some of the less essential elements removed, and came out on the other side feeling spacious, joyous, better able to love and enjoy all that life has to offer. The learning has come from all kinds of places: all kinds of books, music and art, the Bible, fellow pastors on staff, countless folk in our little flock, (an intergenerational lot consisting of lots of university students, and plenty of folk who remember where they were when Kennedy was shot) with whom I love to converse over good coffee, hikes and climbs in the Cascades, Colorado, Europe, my wife, my kids, and early mornings, again with good coffee, on the deck - quietly listening for the voice of the creator.
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I've never subscribed to something like this before, but after reading today's quote I went ahead and signed myself up. I am thankful for encouraging reminders and provoking challenges that God speaks to our hearts daily from all sorts of places, which may well include my email inbox.
I've been loving the daily digs and the online Bruderhof community for a couple years now, and highly recommend their insightful commentary.
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