Juicy

Min told me off, because my first post for the Feig blog was all about death. So here's something a bit more cheery, something about fruit... life.

This last week I’ve been hearing all about new ways of being church. There have been lots of stories. Jill Duff came down from Liverpool and told us about her community 11:57 based in the city-centre, seeking to connect with those working and living there. Her story resonated with me and I was often reminded of Feig as she spoke.

It was this quote from Bread for the Journey by Henri Nouwen that really jumped out at me:

There is a great difference between successfulness and fruitfulness. Success comes from strength, control and respectability. A successful person has the energy to create something, to keep control over its development, and to make it available in large quantities. Success brings many rewards and often fame. Fruits, however, come from weakness and vulnerability, community is the fruit born through shared brokenness, and intimacy is the fruit that grows through touching each other's wounds. Let's remind one another that what brings us true joy is not successfulness but fruitfulness.

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