New Soul

I’ve heard this song before. (New Soul by Yael Naim) But today as I was stuffing programs for Bloom’s big opening weekend, I had to pull up the video to see what it was about. I needed something to take my mind off the mundane task at hand.

I deeply resonated with it.

Many people have asked me what our church planting experience has been like. I come up short every time I try to answer, because frankly, my answers never seem poetic enough to be real. And here, the images in this video capture so much of what this journey has felt like.

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We moved out and found a place of our own to call home.

We spent time unpacking our past while dreaming about what life could be like, and those dreams always included people. Other people we were yet to meet. People that had a melody about them who were on their own journeys. People who were coming together.

We’ve wondered what our mark would look like if we were brave enough to leave one on our world.

Then the walls fell out. All around us there was life in full bloom.

We now have friends who have joined the party. Friends with great talent and loads of passion all singing to the same tune.

…All with new souls.

…All wanting to go and unleash the generosity of God through Jesus on those around us.

…All under a great big open heaven.

What has our church planting experience been like?

A lot like this video, I suppose.