Communal Suburban Living
The focus of most of my thinking about intentional community within the Anglican tradition has two foci: the academy and the suburbs. I focus on the academy because until just this summer, my professional home has been in the academy for my entire adult life. And while I have enjoyed urban living briefly in stints in my 20's and early 30's, I was raised in the suburbs, have lived in the suburbs most of my life and am living here now. So I guess that makes me a suburbanite. Part of my vision for my new ministry venture , Emmaus Road Anglican Fellowship , is to turn the suburban culture on its head. There are things we do every day in the suburbs that we could do better if we did them communally. So I thought I would stop and run off a quick blog post before I undertake a great suburban ritual that fits that bill perfectly--namely, mowing my lawn. A suburban church could turn the suburban culture on its head if it fostered such community that its members shared expens