Chapter 8: A visible reality.

This chapter starts out strong, bringing our intention to Christ’s humanity, in which we are called to his example, but also the example of those who originally followed him. We see throughout Acts the life the apostles lived with one another; as the book points...

Chapter 7: Christian Communism

Jesus himself was a communist.”  So how would that be for a political slogan.  How would most who attend Christian services respond to this statement in church on Sunday morning!  It is said this early church experiment was a failure.  Miranda...

Chapter Six: Pentacost

This chapter is drawn from the book, ¨The Community of the Spirit¨ by C. Norman Kraus. He was an observant lifelong Mennonite who served as a missionary, an author, a pastor, and a professor emeritus of Goshen College Indiana. He passed in 2018, and his books cover...

Chapter 5: Brothers, Sisters

This was both an interesting chapter and at times difficult. There were points in reading it I felt real anger which I will address below. The chapter juxtaposes two metaphors commonly used in the New Testament to describe the Church. The first is that used by St Paul...

Chapter 4 “Embodiment”

Chapter 4 is written by Gerhard Lohfink who is a German Catholic priest and theologian. Lohfink was born in 1934. He has written numerous books in both German and English. What does it mean to be the Body of Christ in the modern world? After all, unlike the past,...

Dostoyevsky’s Razor

Based on Chapter One: The Great Idea by Fyodor Dostoyevsky in Called to Community It comes as a surprise that a book on community begins with Dostoyevsky. Known for his neurotic, pathological characters set in some of the bleakest conditions, Dostoyevsky would seem...