Tony Villatoro’s Reviews > Thin Places: Six Postures for Creating and Practicing Missional Community > Status Update

The church is an embodied people who are living on mission, in community, and seeking the guidance of the divine imagination of a God who is ceaselessly working to restore all creation to Himself. -127

Being part of a Missional community is not simply attending a gathering or two each week. It is to submit all aspects of your life to Jesus and to your community of faith and to collectively practice the ways of Jesus. -72

There is an element of lingering inherent with submerging. It is a willingness to be present to the point of feeling like we are wasting time, when in reality we are leaving ourselves open to being used by the Spirit in ways we might otherwise have never been aware of. Lingering is not simply walking aimlessly in circles: it is knowing that we are looking for and being intentional with our time and presence. -52

Ultimately, the voice that is often most difficult to identify and listen to is that of our own soul. In a world that is riddled with noise, fast-paced lifestyles, and expectations, taking the time to listen to what God is saying through the unique design He has placed in each one of us is a forgotten value. -37

To live in the way of Jesus is to invite, to form, and to practice. –27