Train tribes

So there I was getting the train to college...standing room only, minding my own business when I saw a group of women (presumably work colleagues) talking on the train. I wasn't evesdropping or anything but one of the women's husband had just bought a camper van without telling her or consulting her! Anyway the women were all very animated and discussion life intently.

I began to realise that everywhere around us there are pre-existing groups of people. On trains, in coffee shops and cafe's - everywhere! That's really exciting because it means that a vehicle is already in place to spread a message of hope and good news.

I began to realise, just by watching this one group of women, that the church is even by its own factory model inefficient. We wait for the ones and twos to come to the church in the hope that it will create the product of a new Christian. But by leaving the comfort and safety of our churches behind and take the message to groups of ppl on trains, in coffee shops and cafes we have the potential of connecting not with just ones and twos but with multitudes of people.

Church 2.0 is the the future...until someone creates update 2.1. This is really the priesthood of all believers. The ability for all of us to go and do church where we live, work, travel, rest and play. Let's together create something fluid, innovative and dynamic that will have a different interface depending on what context we may find ourselves in. Exciting stuff!