Jeromy Johnson | March 19, 2009
ShareCommunity is not a talent show in which we dazzle the world with our combined gifts. Community is the place where our poverty is acknowledged and accepted, not as something we have to learn to cope with as best as we can but as a true source of new life. Wow. To be in a [...]
Jeromy Johnson | March 18, 2009
Share At first blush, the scene seems all too familiar. An outdoor fire crackling in the corner. A circle of six men laughing about everything under the moon. A table with pizza, rum, wine, Guinness, and a margarita. Lit cigars wafting into the air and soaking the clothes. But that is at first blush. A [...]
Jeromy Johnson | January 4, 2009
Share I Will Be There. A friend emailed me needing an ear/presence/guidance/advice because of some of the stuff they were going through. Just earlier that morning, as I was in prayer while fasting from the Lord’s supper, I asked God to show me how I can become a living Eucharist—being broken and poured out for [...]
Jeromy Johnson | December 22, 2008
Share Wow. So I am writing this on the heals of our families’ Advent Conspiracy Celebration night (you can click on the Transform Your Christmas image on the right-sidebar for more info). Our goal for the last month was to skimp and save money in order to help those who do not have water to [...]
Jeromy Johnson | July 1, 2008
ShareI rarely simply quote someone and leave it at that. I always like to add my two-cents thinking that my insight will make it better (as if). But tonight when I read this paragraph, it summarized exactly what we are experiencing in real-time here in Folsom within a small group of friends. So here it [...]
Jeromy Johnson | April 15, 2008
Share You have been telling people that this is the Eleventh Hour. Now you must go back and tell the people that this is the Hour. And there are things that need to be considered: Where are you living? What are you doing? What are your relationships? Are you in right relation? Where is your [...]
Jeromy Johnson | February 11, 2008
Share Tree houses and the emerging church have a lot in common. This is a picture of my son and the tree house we built—together. It stands about 7 feet off the ground and it began with a dream. You see, we have this very large tree in our suburban backyard that ached for a [...]
Jeromy Johnson | December 21, 2007
Share Piggy backing a little on what Jonathan Brink dreamed, I envision three aspects also being redeemed in Tribe. All three help combat our felt-need for religious control: Baptism: When someone believes and recognizes the forgiveness they have in Jesus, the entire community gathers down at the river to witness and celebrate in baptism. It [...]
