the underground network

We are all created to be like God and God is creative! We are called to worship him with our whole selves. David and others worshiped with poetry. Paul and others worshiped in prose. Throughout the ages, people have worshiped in song and visual art. Some cultures worship in dance and others worship in ways we don’t even know about. The underground church network is developing a “Community Garden” where we can share in our creative worship together.

Any form of worship that can be uploaded is appropriate here as long as it is an expression of the creativity that God has instilled in you. Where there is genuine worship there is joy. This is meant to be an inspiring encouragement to one another as well as an alter to our creative Lord!  Maybe you come to the Community Garden for personal inspiration, or fresh ideas for your faith community.  Maybe you come to contribute you or your faith community has recently offered the Lord in the form of worship and you’re ready to pass it along!

Give us ideas (ways you worship the Lord), give us videos or audio files of worship in action, give us written or spoken word, even prophecy and preaching is welcome.  Let this be a wild and diverse garden where the Body of Christ can grow and share the fruits of our imaginative Spirit.

This “Community Garden” is still being fertilized; cultivated.  We’re working on the best plot of land to begin (this website?  a nearby wiki space?) and we’ll send out the word when its ready to begin tilling!

In the meen time you can Post Comments to this page with links to things that you find inspirational or worshipful.

Want to see a visual on what we’re all about?  Check out this graphic (click for full size):

Chicago Mission Mindmap

Organic Economics

The Church has a storied past with how it has used its finances to contribute to the greater work of God’s in breaking Kingdom. The earliest church sold possessions to give to the needy among them, to support traveling missionaries, and bring hope to the hopeless. This was more than an obligatory tithe; it was an offering of love to the greater work of God in the world. They didn’t have a lot of the contemporary budget items like building maintenance, multi-staff salaries with benefits, et cetera. Their budget was lean in categories, but potent in purpose.  Read more…