Scattered. Unsettled. Where is the solid ground under my feet?
After 4 1/2 months in Florida, I arrived home with my husband, Paul, from central Florida on May 16. Paul had flown home on March 24, and flew back south on May 7 to drive me home. I stayed longer because the Bible study I taught was scheduled for later in the spring. I had the wonderful opportunity to teach my Bible Study, A Traveler’s Guide through Suffering and Joy, to a group of ladies at our Florida church. The experience wrung me dry physically while delighting my heart.
What joy to spend six Monday mornings with twenty ladies who love the Lord and are hungry to study His Word! The intensity, wonder, and delight we experienced together was a true picture of Christian community: to commune together, sharing our common commitment to God, His Scriptures, and each other. Rich.
To share in common: this is a movement of community.
After just one week back home in Fort Wayne, we were bombarded with family members. To share in common: the crazy hubbub of family community.
Recently I read an article in The Washington Stand called “The Wilderness of Social Isolation and the Christian Call to Community,” by Hannah Tu. (1)
Isolation versus community. In recent years we’ve been hearing much about the isolation that modern technology has brought to us as unintended side-effects of technological efficiency. Tech’s mixed blessing and bane.
What does community, isolation, and location (Florida and Indiana) have to do with my sense of being scattered and unsettled?
Journey North Character 