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November 19, 2004
The Search to Belong...
Don’t you just hate it when you learn something and feel like you’re about three years behind the curve?
That’s how I felt last night, when Jacob’s Well (the church I attend) had the priviledge of being led through a two-hour survey of the book The Search to Belong: Rethinking Intimacy, Community and Small Groups, by the author, Joe Myers. It was short and sweet, but I feel like we covered most of the main points of the book. I had an amazing time listening to Joe and hearing the responses of others in the group. I took a lot of notes (which I will post here as soon as I can figure out how to get them off of my Palm Pilot — my “Palm equipped” computer has been dismantled ever since our move).
But, I started this entry with a question… My answer: Well, yeah, I hate feeling that way.
You see, as it turns out, most of the “emerging” church world has known Joe for years now.
Last night, both my wife and I were inspired enough by Joe’s discussion to read his book. He had some very insightful things to say about how humanity’s need to belong works. Hopefully, after I post my notes, I hope you’ll get a good understanding of what I mean.
One important thing I learned about Joe last night is that he enjoys “describing without prescribing.” That’s really cool with me, as I tend to do a lot of that here. When someone has an idea, it doesn’t mean something’s got to be done about that idea… I mean, it’s just an idea, right?
Wouldn’t it be great if others could take your ideas and figure out how to use them for themselves, without needing any other leading or instructing from you? How freeing is that? Not only for the person with the idea, but for the person who uses the idea as well.
I’ll try to have my notes online by the end of the weekend. You can see another picture of Joe Myers in action, here.
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