Community

Overcoming Loneliness: The Bruderhof Community Experience

We’ve been hearing that community is declining and people are lonely. There are certainly people who are isolated and lack friendship, community, support, love. Since we already know this is a human problem and won’t argue with that premise, what can be done to seek out community, whether loneliness and isolation is a national trend or not? Over the years I have been blessed to enjoy a number of tight-knit, loving, joyful communities. I have also observed or had friends in or know about some other communities. I’m going to tell you a story about a community called Bruderhof.

A Step Toward Unity

This is the text of a sermon I gave Sunday, August 21, 2011 at Garnett Church of Christ. The goal is to motivate our church to pray the prayer of unity with Jesus Christ, and to live it out in simple yet bold ways with other Christians in our circles, in particular through a partnership with Connection Church.