The Community Practice
Join us on a journey to cultivate community in the way of Jesus. Each week they’ll be a talk on Sunday and an invitation into a community practice that week. See The Community Practice Companion guide and other helpful resources from Practicing the Way below.
The modern world is facing a crisis of loneliness. The digital age has confused connectivity with community. Many of us ache to know and be known, to love and be loved, to belong to a family.
And yet we fear it too; scared we’ll get hurt, or be rejected, or feel constrained by commitment.
In our lonely age, Jesus’ invitation is more provocative than ever before. His call to “come and follow” him is a call to join his community …our own family within the larger village or tribe that is the church.
In this Practice, we will explore the key skills required to do this. It’s not rocket science; it’s as simple as sharing meals, building joyful connections, being vulnerable with each other and staying together when (not if) things get hard.
Living in community is not easy, and it won’t just “happen” in our busy, disconnected world. It will require practice. But if you say yes to Jesus’ invitation to becoming a part of his family, it has the potential to deeply change your life for the good.
Welcome to the Practice of Community.
Practice Resources
Read
Essential
The Scripture Practice: Companion Guide, From John Mark Comer and Practicing the Way
Recommended
Made to Belong, David Kim
Watch
Watch the weekly sermons on Community from John Mark Comer on our YouTube channel.
“In our culture, living in regular, intentional community is a vital act of counterformation and a radical witness to our surrounding culture. But this invitation to community is about more than weekly attendance at a Sunday service – as important as that is. It’s an invitation to live deeply into a new family, not based on blood, background, or biases, but on our shared apprenticeship to Jesus.”
Listen
The Community Series on the Rule of Life Podcast
Community 01: Rediscovering Jesus’ Vision for Family (featuring Andy Crouch)
Community 02: Family Systems and Life in Community (featuring Jay and Danielle Pathak)
Community 03: Overcoming Shame — The Ancient Enemy of Community (featuring Dr. Curt Thompson)
Community 04: What We Avoid in Community (featuring David Kim)
Table Conversations