The Church...Ordinary

Perusing around the Resurgence a while back I found this little post about how the Church does it's mission. It's written by Tim Chester:

Ordinary Life

"Here’s another way of thinking about it. One of the catchphrases we use to capture our vision is “ordinary life with gospel intentionality” or “ordinary people doing ordinary things with gospel intentionality.” In other words, what we do is ordinary life together: household chores, trips to the movies, meals, neighborhood volunteering. But running through all these activities is a commitment to speaking and living the gospel. We pastor one another at the kitchen sink. We evangelize by talking about Jesus over a meal."

Yes, yes, yes! I couldn't have said it better myself. This is the way the gospel primarily is spread. People living out their callings (vocations) with Jesus being in all of it. So often we want to do events, have revivals, "draw people in;" this view says, we don't try and draw people in, but we are drawn out, compelled to go out, to them. It is in the ordinary, the mundane, even the boring, that God most often does His work.

Pastor Erick Sorensen

Victoria Community Church