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August 07, 2003 at 11:31 am
Communities upon communities...
A few days ago, Emerging Minister wrote a post about his love for blogging because of the fact that Blogs have been so good at creating “communities” of people on the internet. He’s right, Blogs are great for that. I’m glad that he and so many other people have become part of my “community” because of my Blog.
The other night, Julianna and I went to visit with another one of our communities: our church. This week, Jacob’s Well is holding two meetings to allow our church community to brainstorm about how we will utilize the building we are in if we buy it in the near future. I can’t tell you how nice it is to be part of something like this, especially after what went on at our old church.
On Friday night, our Impact Group is having a get-together. We have been on hiatus for the summer and it is always nice to reconnect with that community. One of Julianna’s friends will be in town that night, though, so hopefully, we will have a few minutes to spare to get over there.
Another community that I am thankful to have become a part in is another one that was created through blogging. A number of people at my church blog, and through it, we have all been becoming friends. A few of us have met in person and a few others still remain in the Blogosphere. This sort of digispace/meatspace community has burgeoned a new breed of friendship, the likes of which I have never experienced.
It is interesting to me that, for generations, humanity has been trying to find new and unexplored regions in which to live, furthering themselves more and more from each other, and just recently, there has been a push to get back to “community.” I’m not pretending to know why this is happening, but I like it. Communities upon communities upon communities…
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