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I gave blood Saturday at the local church. There is a trail that dead ends within sight of the church but that last long stretch is a soggy field. Other than that the church has no walkable access to anything. It’s an island only accessible by car. (I politely made the suggestion that they connect the trail.)
That’s the problem with some suburban churches. Instead of physically connecting to the community, they are outposts of the highway that cause traffic on Sundays. Churches are meant to be spiritual centers for a community, but what if they were actually a center for the community. What if churches acted more like the churches of olden times and became focal points of towns? Instead of people being segregated by what church they go to, they could be brought together by what church they live next to, in addition to the church they go to.
That’s why this idea posted on GGW is so alluring.
