Why you should read this blog everyday…
Jul 20th, 2010 by ljkim
Okay maybe not every day. And maybe not necessarily this blog. But maybe…! One small key (key’s are usually small, but important) to community is a quick daily check-in. So if you see someone every day, and talk for just a few minutes, what you’ll find after a couple of weeks is that you are in community with them. You feel like you’re in the same boat. You feel like they’re in your life and you’re in theirs. If you don’t believe me, try it. Often times with close friends who are roommates or family members living together, the thing that gives that sense of “we’re involved in each others lives” takes just a few minutes every day… Only every now and then do people get to go out and have some quality time – most of the day-to-day happens just a few minutes at a time. I’d like you to think about what that means for you and God, and CF!
We need to be able to spend quality time with God – and with people. For us that’s Sunday… But just as important is the ability to connect on a daily basis. Who do you feel closer to, the person you see (and maybe talk to) once a week/month or the person you see in passing every day? We live our lives day-to-day, so that’s the level at which we need to connect in order for something to be real and meaningful.
So here’s what I’m proposing for CF folks. Check in for a few minutes a day…on FB, via email, on this blog. Don’t just read, say “hi” and let folks know what you’re up to – something fun, something not-so-fun… Just check in and give people permission to think about you, and care. Public stuff can be public – more private things should be private or through email or a telephone conversation (anyone do that anymore?) I mean chat.
If you’re not a CF’er – and you want more than “the traditional church”, if you want real community and fellowship – you need to do this, and get other people to do this too. If your church is unhealthy at the moment, it can be a pain, because it will amplify all the social dysfunctions: so if your church has lots of judgmental/condemning/gossiping or whatever – then this will seem to make it worse – but only in the way that a person with a cold seems worse when he’s awake. But you need to be awake to take your medicine…
Anyway, for CF: can you pass this on? Can you pass on this idea of a daily check in? Spending five minutes a day checking in with each other, even just to say “hey” – we send an email to the CF list, or comment on a blog post? And then spend five minutes checking in with God, saying “hey, this is what’s up with me…”? Why should I? Because this is what big brothers/sisters do for each other – and that’s what God is making us.
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hey leo, I will check in to the blog as daily as I can.
Thanks for pushing us to be more sociable in our community.
we can build if we get out of our comfort zones!
thanks Jon, I think you were already doing this.