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So, I got back into town yesterday and find myself in somewhat of a daze. IWS was incredible... it truly defies description. I want to process it more and then perhaps share some of what I have learned/am learning here. For now, I feel very much like the Pevensie children at the end of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: over the past week I have been on this incredible journey taking me to new and strange places, and now I am falling out of the wardrobe and back into a life that hasn't moved on or changed at nearly the rate of the magical land where I've been.
posted by Jenn at 22:48
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IWS was incredible, Evan. I have read most of your myspace blogs and echo your longing for true Christian community. At IWS, I think I finally experienced the ideal made real. I had a lot of expectations and hopes for what the week would be like, and while I was preparing myself to be disappointed, I wasn’t. I think that my class specifically came ready to be vulnerable with one another. I found a community in which I could belong, learn, use my gifts, and find healing. And it didn’t stop in class—we have continued to share our burdens and encourage one another via message boards, emails, phone calls, etc. I am excited to see what the future has for my class.
The disappointment comes in having experienced true community, and then returning to relationships and communities that don’t match up to that experience. I am trying to avoid being cynical and to find ways to bring that same sense of community to my church, friends, family, etc. I think something missing in most relationships is that intentionality to BE community and that understanding of how God is in and with us as a community. But, as my understanding grows I am beginning to see God all around me. It becomes so natural and almost commonplace, and yet that very fact (God around us working in and through us) is incredible and mysterious. I feel like I am being wowed and wooed by the ordinary of the extraordinary God.
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