Faith Reflections

Matt Garvin’s ongoing wrestle with faith and life

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  • Subjects
    • Marriage
    • Parenting and Family
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    • mission
    • Church
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  • Books,  Community

    Scary community

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    Community can hurt A few days ago I shared a little bit from Jean Vanier’s Community and Growth. I intend to put a few excerpts up over the next little while because it is a book that has really helped me understand more of the reality of community. As I have said before, the dream behind Fusion is that little communities of faith can help the big community. The following excerpt shows why making the dream a reality is not so straightforward:

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Sites worth seeing

  • Citywide Baptist Church
  • Citywide YouTube Channel
  • Citywide's Facebook page
  • Elizabeth Campbell's blog
  • Fusion Canada
  • Where are we in God's Story? (Eric Kregel's blog)
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