Transit Transformation

This summer in Atlanta we will be involved in an initiative called transit transformation. We will have bible study on the local train system here in Atlanta and engage in conversation with people. I am thinking through some stuff and would love to hear feed back from you. I am looking at doing one the at the end of the month of June.

Obey your thirst

John chapter 4 tells the story of Jesus encounter with a Samaritan woman at a well. People focus a lot on what was said at the well but for this conversation I will like to focus on just the well. Jesus is a Jew and this woman is a Samaritan. Two different backgrounds two different cultures both gathering in a place for a common cause. The well is a place that where ever you are from and what ever you are, you still must come. The well was intended for one type of person, a thirsty one. The church should be this well where people come to share in maybe the one thing we all have in common, our thirst. Jesus displays this wonderfully and it should serve as an example for us. Lets not divide on our differences but let us unite in our commonalities, our thirst.

CHRIST IN THE CITY

Have you ever wondered where is Christ? Like if he is indeed the living savior shouldn't we be able to see him? Shouldn't we be able see evidence of the impact he has made in the world? The answer is yes!!! Christ in the city is a movement. This blog is for people who want to see Christ outside of a stained glass window, out of a churchy song, but smack dab in the middle of their city and in their hearts. Most of Christ greatest moments happened outside of the temple. Healing a blind man, Calling disciples, Walking on water, healing a woman with an issue of blood, taught on a mountain, over came temptation, amazed a woman at a well, prayed in a garden, died on a hill, ressurected from a barrowed tomb, I tell you some jesus favorite moments happened outside the temple. It happened where people lived.

It seems as if Christ isn't to concearned with dwelling in a building. May be he desires to dwell some place else like your hearts. Understanding Christ desire to dwell in you heart he comes exactley where you are, exactley where you live. After the beneditction on sunday we still have to go back into the world. This is the place our practice of faith and our devotion to the ways of christ should be demonstrated. How we love people in spite of who they are or where they've been and even where they are going. How we treat people, how we love our families, how we serve our communities, how we defend those who can't defend themselves, how we meet people right where they are and love people unconditionally. When we do these things we show
Christ in the City!!!!