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I miss my church family
Sabbatical has taught me this. I miss my church family. It has been good to see the Kingdom of God being expressed in different places in different ways. But as this extended time away continues and my pile of not-my-church bulletins grows, I feel the tug of our unique and truly amazing church body. I especially miss the laughter and off-beat style.
I know that being in a community is clumsy and lots of work. In a real community you are known more than you want to be. You know others more than you might like to. But for all its rigors and trials, it is better to be in community with others than to not. It is healthy and important to know others and to be known.