
The Good Stuff
Wk 9
July 28, 2019
What do you call “the good stuff” in life?
1 How good and pleasant it is
when God’s people live together in unity!
2 It is like precious oil poured on the head,
running down on the beard,
running down on Aaron’s beard,
down on the collar of his robe.
3 It is as if the dew of Hermon
were falling on Mount Zion.
For there the Lord bestows his blessing,
even life forevermore. —Psalm 133
**Hermon is a 9,000-ft peak in north Palestine, perpetually snow-capped. Zion is a mountain peak in south Judea where they experience a dry season for six months of the year.
- Community is
Community - “a place where each person is taken seriously, learns to trust others, depend on others, be compassionate with others, rejoice with others.” (Eugene Peterson, “A Long Obedience in the Same Direction”)
- Community is
By definition, to be
is to be in
- Community is
- It’s easy to see people as
- It’s easy to see people as impersonal
- It’s easy to see people as
We need
We need