Josh Livingston, Housing Specialist at Englewood Community Development Corporation shares his reflections on the roundtable discussion about affordable housing which took place on Friday, February 19th.
Read moreThe 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 moreA Merger of Capitalism and the Shared Life
Tim Hochstetler, currently at Koinonia Farm in GA and a memeber of the Bruderhof shares an overview of the first roundtable discussion in this blog post: A Merger of Capitalism and the Shared Life: Community Businesses and Christian Community
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 moreThe Rich Old Ruler: Charles Koch and Repentance
artwork: Quandary (The Things that Hold Us Back) by Michael Belk
In his article, The Rich Old Ruler: Charles Koch and Repentance, Isaac Sanborn explores repentance, cheap grace and story of the rich young ruler. Original article found here: https://isaacsanborn.wordpress.com.
Isaac Sanborn is part of the Church of All Nations in Columbia Heights, MN. He is a baker who makes artisan sourdough and other delicious baked goods at the Uprising Bread Co. in Minneapolis, MN. Isaac is part of the steering committee for the Nurturing Communities Network.
Read moreChurch for the Broken and Weary
In this article from The Plough, Rachel Pieh Jones shares her story of finding the church in unexpected places.
“This is where I found myself, among the walking wounded without a protective layer. It was in this state that I found the human church I had been missing, a gathering of hurting and spiritual people.”
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 moreHine Matov! - Building Community and other Essential Work by Nicolas Melas Febres
Hine Matov! - Building Community and other Essential Work by Nicolas Melas Febres from the Lilies and Sparrows community in Harrisonburg, VA
The 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 moreApart Together by Charles E. Moore
Georg Pencz, Christ Healing the Leper, from The Story of Christ (Public Domain)
“If physical contact keeps us human, what does the future hold?” In this article by Charles E. Moore, he talks about the future which covid19 has presented us with.
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 5: Called to Community Webinar- Finding and Forming Intentional Community
This workshop features a panel of people who have recent and current experience in community formation.
Read morePart 4: Called to Community Webinar- Bruderhof, Pentecost Then and Now
Members of the Bruderhof Communities will convey some of the lessons they have learned through the recent unsettled times and find similarities with the historical context surrounding the Bruderhof beginnings in Germany, 100 years ago.
Read morePart 3: Called to Community Webinar- Englewood Church in Indianapolis
Members of Englewood Christian Church in Indianapolis, Indiana will tell their story of how the 125-year old congregation has found new life over the last 25 years- going from a dwindling mainline church to a vibrant neighborhood based congregation with a strong community development flavor.
Read morePart 2 : Called to Community Webinar- Hope Fellowship in Waco, Texas
“The Cost of Discipleship in Community: God’s Upside Down Blessing.”
This week Fernando Arroyo, Ruth Boardman-Alexander, Nancy Gatlin, and Joe Gatlin will share their personal experiences of both the cost and the blessings of life in Hope Fellowship, an urban, bilingual community of about 70 people in Waco, Texas.
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 morePandemic Love
15th-century image by Jacopo Oddi from the La Franceschina codex depicting Franciscan monks treating victims of the plague/leprosy in Italy
The Avian flu, the Swine flu, Ebola, and now the Coronavirus with the possibility of a world pandemic. It’s in the News everywhere, it is unnerving, markets are shaking, people are scared silly that it will strike them and their loved ones.One has only to recall history to realize that global killers have plagued human civilization. But, surprisingly, history also tells us that where death looms large so do acts of love.
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