{"id":1387,"date":"2013-10-01T18:09:41","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T22:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oshetablogs.wordpress.com\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2013-10-01T18:09:41","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T22:09:41","slug":"finding-my-tribe-adventure-in-the-apple-orchard-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/shalominthecity\/2013\/10\/finding-my-tribe-adventure-in-the-apple-orchard-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding My Tribe: Adventure in the Apple Orchard (Day 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Late Sunday night I emailed my friend about a tense conversation I\u2019m having with Jesus.<\/p>\n

Which is this in a nutshell:<\/p>\n

I\u2019m begging him for community and purpose and calling.<\/p>\n

He keeps telling me,\u00a0 \u201cwait\u201d, \u201ctrust\u201d, and \u201cpeace be still\u201d<\/p>\n

And I\u2019m like, \u201cSeriously?!?! We\u2019re doing the cryptic Christ thing again?\u201d<\/p>\n

I went on to tell her that I\u2019m struggling in this early stage of church planting where I\u2019m forming a tribe of believers here in Boston but feeling so isolated.\u00a0 I told her that I wanted to connect with women on a broader, more global scale but wasn\u2019t sure how to do that.\u00a0 I told her I feel like an outsider on the inside because I\u2019m falling in love with certain view and convictions.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease pray for me tomorrow\u201d, I asked her.\u00a0 I planed to spend the next day aimlessly wandering an apple orchard hoping Jesus will meet me between the Macintosh and Cortland trees.<\/p>\n

Because although he\u2019s Boss at infuriating me, I\u2019m like Simon Peter, \u201c\u201dLord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.\u201d<\/p>\n

And when she replied, \u201cyes, yes, yes\u2026I\u2019m feeling tribeless too!\u201d<\/p>\n

I suspected this relational ennui, this angst to find meaningful connection, this fire in my bones to encourage and gather women who love them some Neo-Anabaptist theology in one place, was maybe from the Lord.\u00a0 Maybe I\u2019m not the only woman who listens to Bruxy Cavey and Greg Boyd while folding laundry or on the playground?\u00a0 Maybe 31 days of opening up the doors of my blog and calling out, \u201cShalom Sistahs<\/a>, can you come out to play?\u201d will help gather and identify my tribe.<\/p>\n

So the next day, I drove forty-five minutes in the fog, paid for a yellow plastic gathering bag for my peck of apples, indulged in two apple cider donuts and stood at the gates of the orchard.\u00a0 Ready for words of eternal life.<\/p>\n

But first, I set\u00a0 \u201cSimple Gifts\u201d to repeat on my Spotify playlist\u00a0 (because honestly, what\u2019s says pious prayer walk in on a crisp fall New England morning\u00a0 than an 1800 Shaker hymns?).<\/p>\n

On my walk I mediated on these questions:<\/p>\n

1:\u00a0 Who are am I?\u00a0 What do I get excited about?\u00a0 What made so Honey Badger Mama Angry?<\/p>\n

2:\u00a0 Where are my fellow tribeswomen with similar convictions and interests?<\/p>\n

And like always, my Crazy Beautiful Jesus showed up amidst the rotting apples and drew drenched leaves.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m linking up with thenester.com to write shorts posts everyday on finding my (Anabaptist) tribe.\u00a0These 31 days I\u2019ll be sharing what I learned in the orchard in this\u00a0 series, \u201cFinding my Tribe:\u00a0 A Thirty One Days series\u201d.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to start with my identity, calling, passions that line up with Anabaptist teachings, then share some examples of women in the Bible who are my tribeswomen.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll introduce you to fellow bloggers who I sometimes wonder, \u201cdid she take a peak at my blog planner today?\u201d.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll dig a bit deeper in to the \u201cReknew Manifesto\u201d <\/a>and discuss my love for the Anabaptist tradition.<\/p>\n

If the teachings of Jesus completely rock your world, you\u2019re in for a treat, some of these days I\u2019ll dive into my favorite moments of Jesus\u2019 ministry and invite you to meditate on our Lord\u2019s crazy courage <\/a>with me.<\/p>\n

On the weekends, I\u2019ll post unifying liturgies because every tribe of believing women must find their role within the greater, more glorious Jesus Tribe.<\/p>\n

When I shared this idea with my writing group, one of them said, \u201cThis sounds like such an adventure\u201d.<\/p>\n

Yep, an adventure it is.\u00a0 So, don\u2019t miss it!\u00a0 Enter your address and get for it to get really real in you mailbox!<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll laugh, cry, explore, challenge, and hope as I begin to identify my tribe.<\/p>\n

So, let\u2019s start tomorrow with some wisdom from Paul on unity and diversity in the Body:\u00a0 One church, Many tribes.<\/p>\n

Finding my Tribe,<\/p>\n

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