Generative Friendships!

Alright, well we're all enjoying the month of August off. See the awesome post below by Becky about her journalistic interview with Steve Chalke.

For all of your wonderful convenience, here is the fall Cohort Schedule:

Every Second Tuesday at 6:30pm
Sept. 12
Oct. 10
Nov. 14
Dec. 12

Here's a report of a Cohort "generative friendship" happening:

Generative friendships is one of the goals of Emergent Village, and it means friendships that generate actual things happening!

Of course, feeling loved by a fellow struggling comrade in the garden of the Lord is one of the best actual things that happens, and it is one that I plan to take home often, but here is another kind of thing we hope to see much of, as we all labor side by side here in our local field....

Starting in September, Advent Lutheran on the UWS is holding an emergent gathering every other Thursday, helmed by their pastor and NYC Cohort member J. Elise Brown. But being the emergent that she is, Pastor Brown is not doing everything herself, she has a whole wonderful group of folks at her church doing most of the planning and running of the gathering itself (including cohort member Becky G.).

But beyond her own church, she's is making generative friendships here at the NYC Cohort, and here is one such connection...she has asked another member of our cohort to lead the prayer portion of the gathering throughout the fall, and to preach/share a few times also! (if you want to know who, you'll just have to come check it out every other Thursday, starting Sept. 14th, 93rd & Broadway)

We cannot wait to see this happen all over the place - helping each other, consulting with each other, encouraging one another...generating, generating, generating...friendshipping, friendshipping, friendshipping!!!!

Exciting times are right up ahead.

Steve Chalke interview

Steve Chalke, founding Director of Oasis Trust and Faithworks, wrote a book titled The Lost Message of Jesus , which Brian McLaren references in his book in The Secret Message of Jesus . I found this book valuable as I was penning my book to help me explore what it means to put The Greatest Commandment into practice. Passing along the URL in case you might enjoy some summer reading. Steve Chalke Door Interview.