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1. Christ is the Body and He is Love and both can only exist in community

2. God’s people are given the ministry of reconciliation (2 Cor. 5) and reconciliationbegins first in our homes, down the street, in this pew, around the corner, in community — orwe are ministers of misrepresentation.

3. It’s only when you reach out to community that your gifts can be used for theKingdom.

4. Joining and participating in just one group or community this year cuts your oddsof dying in half over the next year.

5. Community is only and always what people are: beautiful and broken and utterly

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5. Community is only and always what people are: beautiful and broken and utterlyredeemable.

6. There are no I-slands in the Kingdom, only His-lands, and the notion of lone rangersis purely bad fiction.

7. The wonder of this: “Don’t you know that you yourselves are the temple of the HolySpirit? … God’s temple is sacred and you are that temple.” (1 Cor. 3) We are all the “livingstones” of the temple of the Holy Spirit. But if one stone withdraws from the other stones?

The “you” in 1 Cor. 13 is plural. Y’all together are the temple of the Holy Spirit; we are atemple of the Holy Spirit together – in community. We need each other, all of us.

And believing is about belonging to a community. It’s when we are committed incommunity that we collectively live it before the world: God is among us.

8. 2000 years of Christianity is founded on the breathtaking living organism ofcommunity.

9. Community is healthy for us: “Those with strong social connections but poor healthhabits (eating, exercise, etc.) are just as healthy as those with good health habits but weaksocial connections.”

10. There are sisters in Christ who have died for gathering together with their sisters— how could I neglect so great a privilege?

11. “Dor” in Hebrew, it means generation. May we be the next generation to go next door— the generation who knows who lives next door, what they need next door, how they achenext door. The Next Christians need to be the generation of Next Door Christians.

12. The Christian life is the compassionate, crucified, cruciformed life. Not thecomfortable life. Community is how God shapes His children into the image of Christ.

13. We love Him enough to meet Him where He is — “Where 2 or 3 are gathered thereHe is…”

14. Love is a tree, each person a branch. And a pile of cut off branches doesn’t make atree. Love can only be comprehended in community.

15. Every chance I have to love imperfect people is another chance to perfect His lovein me. . This is a way to soar.

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