Gentry pointed me to a blog that Gordon Cosby (the founder of the Church of the Savior in DC) will be contributing to.  The blog is called inward/outward. Gordon’s first post, titled "Becoming the Authentic Church" can be found here.

Although I’ve never met Gordon or been to the church of the savior, I feel a kindred spirit connection and find inspiration from what I know about Gordon and his approach to church and following Jesus (see some previous comments here). In particular, his sense about the role of our culture pulling us in directions that God did not intend really resonates with me. Gordon touches on this a little in his first post:

What I imagine is a revitalized and committed people who take Jesus seriously, joining a movement that is already underway, a movement toward recovery from the culture’s addictive pull, a healing movement that lifts up all who touch our life together.

I was first exposed to these ideas by a missions pastor here in the Bay Area. I believe that the local pastor I connected with was drawing from the work that the Church of the Savior has been doing in DC to integrate new members in their community.  I’m looking forward to hearing more from Gordon on the web. Thanks Gentry.

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