Editor’s Note: Usually these weekly articles are written by people in the Imago Dei community, but this week we have our first guest author! Aaron Niequist is the former worship pastor at Mars Hill Church in Grand Rapids, MI and is currently the worship pastor at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, IL. We…
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The More Generous Option
One of the great reminders of how I live in a community happens when I get snowed in for a day or two. It seems that people in this country, for the most part, rally together in extreme circumstances, and as most of us recently experienced, a large amount of snow created opportunities that do…
The Discipline of Hospitality
Sunday at church, as part of a discussion about community, I addressed the issue of hospitality. I said, in a nutshell, that the New Testament assumes hospitality in the church, because it was a common feature of 1st century culture. However, in our culture, hospitality is a dying practice. As our lives become busier, we…
Rituals That Build Community
Charlie’s talk on communion on Sunday got me thinking; not only about church rituals and communion, but the community of the church and the social rituals that we use to build that community. Feeling welcomed and valued as a part of Imago Dei is not only what kept Zach and I coming to this church,…
Choose Hope
Last year was a violent year for the city of Peoria. The Journal Star ran a front-page article on Sunday called “Peoria’s Deadly 2010”. They reported that there were 22 homicides, which is just one less than in 1989, the highest year on record. On top of that, there were 117 shootings and 68 stabbings…
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