First, we needed to revive the great conversation about the formation of the soul; God has given each one of us the responsibility to "grow in grace" (2 Pet. 3:18). This is not something we can pass off onto others. We are to take up our individualized crosses and follow in the steps of the crucified and risen Christ.
Second, we needed to incarnate this reality into the daily experience of individual, congregational, and cultural life. "Action follows essence," reminds us that our action is always in accord with the inward reality of our heart.
We are to do the work of God in a congregational setting.
Getting Gods people into fellowship- if I am longing to know Jesus and follow Jesus and serve Jesus and be formed into the image of Jesus—then I am powerfully drawn toward anyone and everyone who is seeking to know Jesus and follow Jesus and serve Jesus and be formed into the image of Jesus.
Getting Gods people connected- We stay within the given church structures and develop little centers of light within those structures. And then we let our light shine!
Getting Gods People to those who need Jesus- being torn loose from all earthly attachments and ambitions, and amor mundi, our being quickened to a divine but painful compassion for the world. We deepen in our compassion for the bruised, the broken, the dispossessed. We ache and pray and labor for others in a new way, a selfless way, a joy-filled way. Our heart is enlarged toward those on the margins. Indeed, our heart is enlarged toward all people, toward all of Creation.
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