Slow Church

Submitted by Gareth N.

I read an article this morning, which connects with our group’s wish to live simply, to live thoughtfully.  I’ve excerpted part of that article here in this post, so that you get a sense of what it’s about.  The article describes how the "Slow Food" movement, which emerged in the 1980's in Italy, has spawned other movements (Slow Cities, Slow Parenting), and now also "Slow Church".

Slow movements are beginning to recover what we have lost in our relentless pursuit of efficiency. Many Christians have been challenged by these Slow movements to consider the ways in which our faith has begun to move too fast as we make sacrifices to the gods of efficiency.

This quest has sparked a renewed interest in the joys of sharing life together in local congregations and has intensified into a growing conversation—rather than a movement—called Slow Church. Slowness itself is not a cardinal virtue of Slow Church, but rather a means of resisting the present-day powers of speed in order to be faithful church communities.

 To read the whole article, follow this link.

http://sojo.net/magazine/2012/12/slow-down-and-know-i-am-god