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Decisions are difficult

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Part of community is starting that community. We are still in that stage now on a very practical level: Where we live.
We are currently in the process of purchasing a house (not actual myself, but our friends who we are living with) and trying to continue the conversation to make sure we are on the right track. I think we find often that we close our conversations and our minds down too quickly when we make decisions about something. And that can go for a lot of things, from the purchases we make to the way we choose to view the world.

Back to the house. This is not my decision finally, it’s Bryan and Dawn’s choice, but they have lovingly and willingly opened the conversation up for us to be a part of the process. There are some wonderful benefits of owning the home that we will be living in, there are also some great perks to simply renting the space. We’ll see what the final decision is, but it is encouraging to be a part of the process.

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Community begins with small steps

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I’m not quite sure how to begin this series of posts. We, my wife and I, and our friends Bryan and Dawn, are about to embark on a year long journey into community. This isn’t your traditional churchy idea of community, this is your raw, live with, share with, laugh with, cry with, hold each other accountable and challenge one another type of community.
What this is going to end up looking like as we take the journey I’m really not sure. The exciting thing for all of us is that we really believe this is a place we are supposed to be. I would venture to say this is the type of living more people should be considering.
We are going to do our best to document this journey, complete with weekly audio updates, a compilition of writings by the four of us (and sometimes the three year old), and plenty of photographs. Who knows maybe we’ll get a book deal or movie contract out of the deal. Seriously though, I’m excited about documenting this because I feel it is a journey many more people can and should take and our ability to trace our journey will give others the interest and courage to embark on it on their own.

I also promise not to glamorize in anyway our experience. There are some harsh realities and difficulties we will face, there is plenty of truth to that. Already we face the tensions and frustrations of giving up our own expectations for the well being of the community. This will not be a reality show, what it will be is the journey of four folks, trying to live out their convictions, and the trials and tribulations they face in that endevor.