Mark Scandrette

After a 3 week hiatus we had a small Seven Gathering last night. Alot of people from our community were either sick or on holiday. Yet we had four visitors from other places, including Deborah and Sarah from Tribe L.A. I met the good people of Tribe when we had them share their drum circle worship at the Emergent Conventions in ‘03 and ‘04. Rebecca Ver Straten-McSparran, the pastor of Tribe, and I both participated in a consult at Fuller a year later. As we talked I found out that Deborah and Sarah had previously been involved in a community in Reseda led by my friend Nathan Clair . Last night was just another reminder of how connected we all are. Deborah and Sarah shared a meal with our community because I know Nathan, meeting on a camping trip 5 years ago in Colorado. And Sarah and Deborah found Tribe L.A. because they went with Nathan to the Emergent Conventions, which I helped organize. When I meet people now, one of my first questions is, “How are we related?” or “who do we both know?” because the chances are that we have people in common. A reminder to be aware of the power of loose connections.