I am not (in all likelihood) going to begin to assemble with such communities, but I will take from them the importance of speaking of the signs and great miracles.
We had the first meeting of the officers for Clemson Habitat on Sunday, in the LCM Lounge. When asked by the President why each of us were involved in Habitat, one of the officers said, "I am not a Christian, but I do experience something wonderful when we see these families get into a home."
There are two miracles/signs in this comment:
First - the association between caring for others and being a follower of Jesus. This comment is a sign of how those who come along side the community of faith observe the community of faith's care of others.
Second - while persons of faith are among those who organize and lead Habitat International, it has never been a means of recruitment or even outreach. This ministry of service (based on the comment shared above) is a clear and unambiguous sign of what our faith community is about.
The doors of our church swing wide and are always open. While some may think this is to allow everyone to enter, it is really to allow everyone to leave. The mission of miracles and signs happens in the places where we live and study and work and play.
There are miracles and signs happening every day. Some of us are just too limited in our perception to see them. Let us become better at learning from those other expressions of Jesus' followers and let us open our eyes to see.
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