On Institutions and Community by Mike Huber

For the message, Mike read 1 Samuel 8:11-20, and reflected on the perception and purpose of "institutions." Institutions are a form of social technology; this technology was helpful when all moved to the city and became strangers to one another. In our current culture, we’ve become less sanguine about institutions. How can we — as a community of faith — take a leadership role in creating new ways of relating to one another in all of our messy complexity?