Communal Living

over this past summer, between moving from BG to Ashland and finishing out my internship with cru on summer project down in Virginia Beach, i spent a lot of time reading. right before heading down to Virginia Beach, i read "Praise Habit," by david crowder, and "Velvet Elvis," by rob bell, pretty close together. and both men spent some time in each of these books talking about the idea of communal living. not living in a commune, but a way of living life in which things happen within a larger scope of a community of people, not just life on the individual level. crowder(who is a much better author than i ever would have guessed... seriously, pick up "Everybody Wants to go to Heaven, but Nobody Wants to Die") talked about communal laments, and bell about communal experiences, such as the communal experience of God's word.

these readings have stuck with me, and as i have been adjusting to life here in Ashland, i wanted to create a way to keep my life open to my community of brothers and sisters who are no longer part of my day to day interactions. and so there is this blog. my broadcasting of my inner monologue. i like the name because:
a) it is a proper description of what it is i am exactly doing,
and
b) it has that certain level of "cheese" that i enjoy now and then.

and so there it is. feel free to read and comment. or just read. but i want connection within my community.

with love.