by Joe Gatlin
Read moreIs This Pizza Free?
The Jesus People Kitchen During Covid
Debbie Baumgartner from Jesus People Chicago shares what it’s like to cook meals for two hundred people during a pandemic
Read moreSeven Radical Elders by David Janzen: A Review
Joe Gatlin from Hope Fellowship in Waco, TX reviews David Janzen’s new book: Seven Radical Elders: How Refugees from a Civil-Right-Era Storefront Church Energized the Christian Community Movement
Read moreMassive Heart Change?
This blog was written by Bren Dubay from Koinonia Farm in June of 2020. Here at NCN, we want to continue to assert that, as Bren so aptly has written, “White privilege is a disease. We must always listen and we must always be willing to learn so we can do better.”
Read moreThe Story of Community of Peace in Louisa, VA
Stefan Waligur tells us about the community he is hoping to start next year in Louisa, VA. It will be modeled after the Taize Community in France.
Read moreNCN Fall Gathering Part 1: Challenges & Opportunities in this Pandemic
The first topic in the NCN fall workshops, Challenges & Opportunities in this Pandemic, was discussed on September 19th and 26th. Here are the videos of the gatherings.
Read moreThe End of All Things is at Hand.... by Joe Gatlin
The End of All Things is at Hand.... by Joe Gatlin
Joe from Hope Fellowship shares some reflections on living in the midst of pandemic.
“Let’s Help Each Other Breathe,”
Read morePart 6: Called to Community Webinar- Wrapup Panel
This is the final Called to Community Webinar consisting of a panel of folks from four different communities…
Read morePart 1: Called to Community Webinar - Eden Community in Abilene, Texas
This is a video recording of the first Called to Community workshop featuring Eden. Entitled: “Joy Fueled: Four Stories That Form Our Life in God Together”
Read moreAbiding in Christ during a Global Crisis
Matt Porter is on the leadership of Hope Fellowship (pictured here with encouraging signs for their neighborhood).
A novel coronavirus has brought great suffering to thousands and will eventually reach us all, and many of our communities have or will soon reconsider many of our practices of gathering together and sharing communion in various ways. We live, love, feel and worship in our bodies, and we are becoming keenly aware that we are putting these bodies at risk by our proximity.
Read more"Valle Nuevo" in El Salvador
Just how difficult can it be to transition leadership of a community from one generation to the next?
Pastor (that is his Spanish name, not his title) is always respectful of the youth who have begun to emerge as leaders in this rural community of campesinos in northern El Salvador who had to flee their country in front of government death squads during the civil war…
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