Rising Complexities: Community

Eric Robinson examines M Scott Peck’s non-linear stages of pseudo-community, chaos, emptiness, and true community through the lens of the early church in Acts. He wonders what it would look like if we were okay with seasons of necessary chaos and intentional emptying to experience true community. [Acts 2] Reflection Questions: What communities in your life are in chaos right now? Where might God be inviting you to emptying? How might we be one another to each other this season? Resources The Different Drum: Community and Peacemaking by M. Scott Peck Acts: Belief Theological Commentary by Willie James Jennings Radical Love: An Introduction to Queer Theology by Patrick Cheng