We have just spent 4 great days in Venice, Italy together with great friends. Relational retreat! Italy offers warm weather (hopefully) nice food, and stunning scenery in Venice. But what makes this retreats so good is the people around you. The love from other people. To talk, hear stories, pray, laugh, cry and to connect! Every evening just after a fabulous meal we had some sharing from Pastor Al. Very simple but straightforward. With love and with a great sense of humour. Praying and talking, opening your heart to others. This is what I call to do church.
Living in a city as I am, in Malmo, Sweden, it feels natural to talk about bridges.In the year 2000 we got a bridge over the Sound to Copenhagen, Denmark. A bridge between two nations once fighting each other, now connected.We need to continue to build bridges, between different cultures, ideas, people etc. These bridges are harder to build but necessary in the society we have today.We need these bridges in order to reach people with the "Good news"