Are You Poor?

"People may come to our communities because they want to serve the poor; they will only stay once they have discovered that they themselves are the poor."

- Quote out of "From Brokeness to Community" by Jean Vanier

Community

"We can cut ourselves off from community and it does indeed hurt and handicap them, but we are still hurting ourselves even more and being cheated from the freedom Jesus died for."

- A quote from To Those Who Quit the Church by Jason on his blog Connecting to Impact

Community: It's God-Designed

"The truth is, happiness does not come from being independent, isolated, living your life with all the barriers up and all the masks and keeping people at an arm’s distance. That’s not the way to be happy. Happiness comes from interdependence - from community."

- Kevin Martineau (A quote from: Why We Need Each Other at Shooting the Breeze)

Outside The Walls

"It's not about people populating programs but about God inhabiting every moment of our lives- most happen outside the walls of the church."

- Sarah from Living Between the Lines

Growing Old, Time, And Friendship

"How does one keep from "growing old inside?" Surely only in community. The only way to make friends with time is to stay friends with people…. Taking community seriously not only gives us the companionship we need, it also relieves us of the notion that we are indispensable."

- Robert McAfee Brown