Malcolm Cox

I enjoy finding connections between the Old and New Covenants. Today I want to try one out on you. You can tell me if I am seeing something that is not there, or whether it is legitimate. Fellowship is under pressure     * COVID         * 2 years of our lives have been spent largely not in one another’s company         * Allows for reduced vulnerability         * We are truly viscerally vulnerable when together in a way that is not mirrored online.          * One of the beauties of in-person fellowship is the inability of the fellowshipers to control their fellowship. Someone will interrupt, someone will want to talk to us that we'd rather avoid, a topic will be broached we'd rather not discuss.      * Social Media         * The Separation of Church and Status, Brett McCracken, Princeton Theological Review, Vol XVII, No 2, (2010) pp. 21-34.             * McCracken is pretty scathing about the ability of social media to generate meaningful connections. He says, 'What else can this be but a performance, an exer