In this episode, I interview some of the members of a Christian intentional community that existed in Bowness for 9 years. I ask Megan, Steph, and Lee about what inspired them, what was difficult, and where they saw God. There was a lot of laughter and a few tears as we reflected on how incredibly difficult it is to be a family of God that practices radical non-violent hospitality in a neighborhood like Bowness. It turns out, they found Jesus in the lost and the vulnerable and Steph even went as far as to call it ... magical.
If you're interested in expressions of community living, our parish church in Bowness is always interested in new and creative ways of living in community together from co-housing to co-neighbouring and we are all simultaneously afraid and inspired by the call of Jesus to be a new and peculiar people in this place.
Books I highly recommend which were cited in this episode include:
God is Stranger by Krish Kandiah (I accidentally said his last name as Kandish, sorry Krish) https://www.ivpress.com/god-is-stranger
Ada Maria Asasi-Dias who came up with the term 'Kin-dom of Christ' instead of Kingdom with the help of a franciscan nun names Georgene Wilson in Mujerista Theology: A Theology for the 21st Century
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CMC6AEO/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0
Irresistible Revolution by Shane Claiborne https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CMC6AEO/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0
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