Table Stays Home

Well, it's been a great day for the 434 Blog. Thanks for taking the time to check it out.

Most of you know that we are part of a church plant where one of our unique thumbprints on our community is the fact that we meet for services only twice a month. We do meet weekly, just not in the corporate gathering like most people expect. Our weekly "church" is our neighborhood groups and ours typically meets on Thursday nights. This week however we are doing something a little different. Our goal this week is to take the night we normally meet and use it to do something with one or more of our neighbors. We are staying home...

It's easy for us to get into a routine and always spending the week doing the same things - even good things. However, for us to change things a bit and give ourselves space in our week is a good thing to stop and focus on relationships that are close enough to walk to. In some ways, you can say we've given our group 2 hours of time by choosing to stay home. Now, I can't wait to hear the stories that come out.

Maybe you've chosen to stop recently and are finding that just slowing down is an incredible opportunity for relational connection that barely gets noticed when we are traveling at Mach4. At our church, we are in the middle of a series called "Life in the Margins" and this week we are specifically talking about Marginal Time, and creating some space in the midst of our crowded schedules. INTAKE is focused solely on preparing for this discussion on Sunday.

I'd love to hear stories about your slowing down and finding life in the spaces of time.