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“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever!”   Hebrews 13:8

Question of the week:  What three words would you use to describe a healthy community?

John 14:1-14        We were gathered at the set of bleachers along the field hockey field on campus. It was my senior year in college, and I had made room in my schedule for a course that exposed us to a variety of trust exercises and group games. One by one, we walked up to the top of the bleachers, maybe the top bench being about 10 feet off the ground. It was my turn. The rest of the class members stood on the ground just below where I stood at the top of the bleachers. They formed two lines with their arms outstretched toward each other, creating a human basket to catch me. Assured that they would be there for me, I turned my back to them and leaned backward, trusting their arms to safely catch me. Then it was over. I was safely caught and then carefully lowered to the ground, grateful for the arms of my classmates.
Trusting another person requires letting someone else be in control of something that directly affects you. In that exercise with my classmates, each one of us had to trust the rest of the group to catch us. It was a group commitment to one another—you trust me and I will trust you. Continue reading “The Trust Factor” →