Community Groups Preview (2018.08.26 Sermon)

John discusses the relational nature of our community groups as we get ready to kick them off with a community group dream session this Wednesday.

Quotes and resources mentioned:

The Hacking of the American Mind, by Robert Lustig
“Technology is seductive when what it offers meets our human vulnerabilities. And as it turns out, we are very vulnerable indeed. We are lonely but fearful of intimacy. Digital connections and the sociable robot may offer the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship. Our networked life allows us to hide from each other, even as we are tethered to each other. We’d rather text than talk.” — Sherry Turkle in Alone Together
“But when technology engineers intimacy, relationships can be reduced to mere connections. And then, easy connection becomes redefined as intimacy. Put otherwise, cyberintimacies slide into cybersolitudes.” — Sherry Turkle
“’Salvation’ thus refers to restoration to the community of God’s people, a reality marked for Zacchaeus by Jesus’ presence in his house.” — Joel Green