I was reading through one of the articles "web news::church" section and I was really struck by the way the author noticed something about the early church's meetings; according to Acts 2:46, they were meeting together every day. This is something that I had never noticed before; these early Jesus-followers were incredibly committed to the new community that the Spirit was forming.

The question that looms large in my mind, is how can we seek to follow their lead? I agree with the article that we won't ever really form a good community if we're only seeing each other once a week. However, meeting more often is easier said than done. I think that most of us lead such busy lives that we would find it tough to meet with even a few others during the week. Just look at my schedule: I like to bike to work or swim before work, so that means that I'm usually leaving the house between 6 and 7am and getting home close to 6pm. Add family responsibilities on top of that (and Megan and I only have 1 kid), the odd activity thing, and most of our evenings are covered off. Not a huge amount of time for social connections! Perhaps I'm a little busier than most, but I have a feeling that many of you feel the same way.

How are you going to try to keep connected with your church? Here's a couple things that I can think of:
1) Keep using this website. It's one way of staying connected, even if we're not physically together.
2) Invite others to eat with you. You've got to eat sometime. And keep it simple too. Don't be ashamed of inviting people over to enjoy some good, home-cooked, Kraft Dinner.
3) Invite others to play with you. Everyone has stuff they like to do. See if you find others to join you while you do it.

Of course writing these suggestions is a good reminder for me too. I'll confess--I can sometimes be a loner (well, Megan might say, a lot of the time) and so my natural tendency is to just find something to do by myself. So, this whole simple church thing will be stretching for me, but definitely in a good way.