Community and Connection

Just wanted to say how much I enjoy the Tidings.

I love all the vignettes and excerpts from various sources.

I have a suggestion for a magazine series featuring descriptions of various ecclesias’ activities: preaching, prayer, outreach, pastoral, etc. This proposed series could gen­erate a lot of ideas within and between ecclesias. Ecclesias can become quite insular for all kinds of reasons, and never know what innovative ideas other meetings are undertaking. Sharing practices within these pages could inject variety, distribute knowledge, bridge between ecclesias and improve upon ideas (as they are modi­fied and adapted for use elsewhere). It would be interesting to hear from ecclesias all over the world, and discover how cultural perspectives influence ecclesial life.

Community and connection would be the values underpinning such a series.