Are we forcing and talking up a version of "community" in our churches that does not seem to recognize the gravity of any of these principles, that asks us only to meet once a week and try too hard to be profound instead of inspiring us to build genuine relationships with others over hardship and food and laughter and a mutual anticipation for an eternity of joyful communion to come?
Read MoreAnne of Green Gables eventually mused that kindred spirits were less scarce than she had once thought, but I have yet to share her discovery. Hannah must be the rarest kind of friend, for I've never found another one like her, and don't think I ever will.
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a Pacific Northwest-native writer, photographer, and Bible nerd with a lot of big ideas and a never-ending sense of homesick. Here, in words and in images, I process my inmost thoughts and invite you along on my lifelong pursuit of truth + beauty - ever inspired and sustained by the changeless nature of my beautiful God, and by the hope He offers in His Story.
