Regardless of how fiercely independent you think you are, the fact remains that we need other people. All of us do. We need people to be our teachers, our doctors, ou defense against those who would do us harm. We need people to maintain our roads, run the projector at the movies, ship all our stuff to Wal-Mart, and keep the internet running. We need people to write books and make music. We need people to service our cars, roof our homes, and bag up our groceries.

But more importantly we need people to share with, laugh with, cry with, eat with, and if you think I am wrong, for one week I would like you to try to do each of those things without anyone else. I guarantee you will be a depressing mound of humanity by day two.

My home team met last night and it was a great time of laughs and sharing of concerns and coffee and a chance to see how God can bring random people together and make it a top notch experience. There is calming there amidst the laughter and the chaos. There can be healing. There can be growth. And sometimes there can be pain as we all work together to try and figure out this life with the help of our awesome Father.

Last night I was blessed by Cami and T.J. leading our group. They did an excellent job and made me realize something very important about gathering together. It does not matter what a leader or facilitator has on the agenda for a group of Christ followers. It only matters that you care about those who are with you. And by stepping out of the leadership role for a night I was able to see that Cami and T.J. may have spent 4 days or 4 minutes planning what they were going to talk about. But that did not matter. What mattered was they talked about a strugge in their own lives and cared enough to share it with all of us. They gave and sought advice. They opened up and encouraged others to open up. And that is what is important when we as followers of Christ get together.

In a few weeks we will begin sign-ups for the Fall semester of Home Teams. I would strongly encourage you to begin praying about joining one. If you have been attending one already consider renewing you commitment this fall. If you have not attended yet please plan on it. I would love to see you there and I know all the folks at Team Church would too.

On the Journey with You,
Scott