My dear friend and mentor (and the person I want to be half the time), Kyle Childress has written a wonderful essay entitled "Good Work: Learning about Ministry from Wendell Berry" for Christian Century. If you are a Berry disciple, a minister, or a farmer, then you should read.
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The Book of Good Farming? Anyone?
Posted by: Gabe | March 18, 2005 at 11:57 AM
My previous comment aside, his concept of community church is interesting. Primarily because the word 'tabernacle' in the Old Testament is correctly interpreted 'community'.
Tabernacle/Community - Church/Community
Posted by: Gabe | March 18, 2005 at 12:39 PM
Thanks for this link. What a wonderful article.
Posted by: Kristen | March 21, 2005 at 07:31 AM