My Dream - Part 2

I wrote about the first part of my dream the other day, but not the second. I'm actually a little afraid to talk about this part of my dream. Because it's sort of a baby dream. It's still kind of unformed and immature and I don't really know what it's going to look like.

The second part of my dream is a community home. I'm not totally sure how to explain this, although I think the term New Monasticism may apply. I don't know. I haven't read much on New Monasticism, but I like the tiny little bit I do know.

What I dream is a home full of people. All kinds of people, single and married with kids. Maybe a widow or widower. All living together, sharing life. And not just sharing a space, but sharing commitment. Commitment to God, commitment to each other, and commitment to serving others.

Basically, we're talking old-school throwback to Acts here. Christians, living together, worshipping together, sharing the crap in life together, and reaching out to their communities. I especially love that one of the "signs" of New Monasticism is that the communities are placed in "the abandoned places of Empire." The places no one really wants to be. For all you Anchoragites, I'm thinking Fairview or maybe Mountain View.

Like I said, this is a baby idea. But I would really like this house to have a large yard so we can have a big garden. Enough to share food with our neighbors. I don't even know what reaching out to the community around us would look like. I really don't. But I want to know. I want to learn and find out.

I don't know if this will happen. Or when. But it's something I'm quite seriously dreaming about at the moment. I don't think I'll let this one be a castle in the sky. I want, with all my heart, to live in a space with others where God is the center and we live and breath and having our being in Him.