Community DNA

This post quoted over at the Living Room is really good. It talks about a church’s DNA being a defining factor rather than a controlling factor. I think that is what I what the 6 foundations of home church to be. Maybe I need to rename them, I prefer DNA to foundations, but the thought is the same. The 6 foundations are meant to be the launching factor for all aspects of our life together, providing definition, but not in order to control activity, but in order to provide room and a basis on which the community can work together. I love the example quoted in the post - the idea that things don’t need to be programmed in, but a forum can be created that releases the giftings already within the community.

It is amazing quite how much of a mindshift this is…

You should by the way read the whole article here.

Community DNA

This post quoted over at the Living Room is really good. It talks about a church’s DNA being a defining factor rather than a controlling factor. I think that is what I what the 6 foundations of home church to be. Maybe I need to rename them, I prefer DNA to foundations, but the thought is the same. The 6 foundations are meant to be the launching factor for all aspects of our life together, providing definition, but not in order to control activity, but in order to provide room and a basis on which the community can work together. I love the example quoted in the post - the idea that things don’t need to be programmed in, but a forum can be created that releases the giftings already within the community.

It is amazing quite how much of a mindshift this is…

You should by the way read the whole article here.

Community DNA

This post quoted over at the Living Room is really good. It talks about a church’s DNA being a defining factor rather than a controlling factor. I think that is what I what the 6 foundations of home church to be. Maybe I need to rename them, I prefer DNA to foundations, but the thought is the same. The 6 foundations are meant to be the launching factor for all aspects of our life together, providing definition, but not in order to control activity, but in order to provide room and a basis on which the community can work together. I love the example quoted in the post - the idea that things don’t need to be programmed in, but a forum can be created that releases the giftings already within the community.

It is amazing quite how much of a mindshift this is…

You should by the way read the whole article here.

The Butterfly

Author Unknown

“One day as a small opening appeared on a cocoon, a man sat for several hours watching the butterfly struggle to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no further. So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily, but it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time.

Neither happened. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly. What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening was nature’s way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings. Then the butterfly would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon. Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could be. We could never fly.”

[from the Bruderhof Communties' Daily Dig]

The Butterfly

Author Unknown

“One day as a small opening appeared on a cocoon, a man sat for several hours watching the butterfly struggle to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no further. So the man decided to help the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily, but it had a swollen body and small, shriveled wings. The wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would contract in time.

Neither happened. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a swollen body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly. What the man, in his kindness and haste, did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening was nature’s way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings. Then the butterfly would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon. Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as what we could be. We could never fly.”

[from the Bruderhof Communties' Daily Dig]