It is the culture of the staff, I am learning from his book, that has made the difference, and I think that is a direct corollary to churches. Relationships are hard but simple, relationships are everything, relationships are what last into eternity, because, in the end, it is only people, only love, that endures.
“Jesus Human,” by Leonard Sweet
This book, taken as a whole with all its many conversations and observations laid next to each other in mindful contextualization, brings meaning. It is experiential, becoming its own metaphor for the fractals and diversity of every Jesus human, and the Body of Christ. I deeply appreciate being taken on this journey in this way.
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“The Patient Ferment of the Early Church,” by Alan Kreider
Patience Habitus (reflexive bodily behavior),the development of habits based upon the teachings and worship of the church Catechesis and worship,involving personal mentors and discipling The ferment of God’s invisible power, the Holy Spirit at work in each believer’s life
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“So Beautiful,” by Leonard Sweet
It is not religion and reason that go together, but religion and relationship—atoms alone do not make up the universe, but rather atoms in relationship with each other, held together by the weak force. Leonard Sweet, So Beautiful: Divine Design for Life and the Church, 104–105
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“Changing Signs of Truth,” by Crystal Downing
Stories sweep us up and out, stories help our hearts and minds to focus. When we are thoroughly in the "now" of a story, we long to risk the next step, to write the next chapter, and follow where this story is going to take us.
