Well May has come and gone.. and that was crazy. we're about to hit the halfway point of 2011. Wow. This past month was pretty crazy for us - we hosted both sets of parents at our house, had a breakfast bar installed, painted 2 rooms, went to Tennessee and had some incredible hang-outs with our friends here in dallas - both our Froundation Group and our other friends.

Community is so nice. Its so great to have people you regularly interact with, and who you can be open and honest with. Major family issues? Its pretty tough to put on a sweet face and respond to the question "how's everything going?" with a partial-lie of "going fine! thanks! how are you doing?!" and deflect a sincere response into an externally focused series of questions.

How can people call a group of friends "community" when you cannot come to most everyone in the group, and tell them the stains on your heart? If you need help, prayer, advice, thoughts, you have to ask for it. Keeping certain things hidden, insecurities and concerns masked in "what will people think?" is exactly what Jesus DIDN'T want us to do.

Honestly, I thought I knew what great community looked like. And I did. I have had such GREAT community in the past... but I really see that there is even another level of intimacy that you can share with people who walk beside you... and interact with on a regular basis.