Saved by Jonathan Simcoe
Love in the Time of Coronavirus
One of the many reasons my wife and I want to plant a church is because it is the very place to foster such virtues and practices! The church gathers to announce that even in the midst of feeling disoriented, demotivated, discouraged, and disembodied, God has not abandoned us.
In a season that is marked by so much death and distance, we confess our
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Instead, we should pursue “five kingdom habits that build trust.’ These are the five habits that they suggest cultivating.
- Pray. Pray for our own hearts to be soft but also pray for their whole lives.
- Learn. We can learn what causes their distrust. Practice asking good questions.
- Bond. Make space in your life for people. They write “The best conve
Be a trustworthy human
Although my wife and I have not been part of a formal church for the last few months, we still gather with friends every Monday night to eat, pray, and meditate on Scripture. We have a loose collection of friends with whom we fast every Wednesday. A small group of mentors have joined us on a Zoom call once a month to pray for our future.
None of the
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The very inadequacy of church services, Zoom and otherwise, is a reminder we do not come into churches to encounter a life lesson on how to raise our children or to learn to be good Americans, whatever that means. Our aim is much more audacious. We are attempting to encounter God and, in so doing, find ourselves, possibly for the first time.