Thursday, July 20
Imagining at Taco Bell...
I've been listening to the book Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell again on CD...yesterday a section of the chapter 'Tassels' jumped up at me once again somewhere between Romeoville and 75th street...When describing a church he and his wife attended in Southern California...
"What I saw changed everything for me. It was like nothing I had experienced before. This community was exploding with creativity and life---The concept was so new and fresh---people who gathered because they wanted to.
There wasn’t a trace of empty ritual or obligation anywhere in the place. I felt like I was going to see my favorite band. The anticipation. The fact that I would do whatever it took to get there. It didn’t matter how far away I had to park. The bond I had with the other people in the room.
Not “I have to” but “I get to”.
Not obligation but celebration.
Not duty but desire.
We starting attending these services regularly, and then we’d go to the Taco Bell on Colorado Boulevard and talk about what a church could be.
Desire.
Longing.
Come as you are.
Connection. A group of people who can imagine nothing better than this."
It's so exciting to be in the "Taco Bell on Colorado Boulevard" stage of church planting...
May God continue to provide the dream...
To read a little more about this 'dream' that God is providing, check out Dave Ferguson's blog, specifically the entry entitled "NewThing Church Plant in Knoxville". Dave is the lead pastor at Community Christian Church where we are doing our residency this summer.
shalom
Mark Nelson at 10:21 AM 0comments