In these reflections, Gordon reminds me of the call of Seekers Church. I often hear Liz Vail talking about the wonder and the challenge of being in a community like this, where we are under the authority of a structure we are creating as we go. Yet, the future is God s to create, and in the end, what I do makes no difference at all. It s a dance between creativity and discipline. Both are essential.
Love pushes out from within.
And community shapes the way it grows in the world. Discipline within community doesn t seem to be good news these days. Maybe it s the word itself, discipline, that s the problem. But the more I thought about it, discipline is everywhere. We re all aware of the disciplines of training and dieting.