Seekers is not a community like the village of Nazareth. We do not have the same level of familiarity with each other though we put a lot of energy into trying to get to know each other. For Seekers adults, we live in the community we have chosen . For our children, we do a lot to help them not make an idol of Seekers while still hoping they will discover what is good about Seekers. People in Nazareth were just living.
Seekers name itself as a community that is committed to ministry .
This means we put in a lot of time on things like discerning gifts and callings. T. This is opposed to a lot of Christendom that settles for repeating and defending memorized answers. That is what my confirmation class as an adolescent tried to do for me, or to me. On reflection, I have found such an approach to life to be not only terrible educational theory but also worse theology. Such an approach tries to establish an independent place in our lives or our souls that can never be challenged and defeated.