Real Community?

One of the things I have been giving a lot of thought lately is what New Testament community could look like today.  The type of togetherness that fleshes out no one having need in their community.  How much altering of our lifestyle would it take to accomplish such a miracle?  This would be a good test of where our love really really resides.  Jesus said that the mark of our discipleship would be the love we show others (John 13:35).  Needless to say, Jesus put an extremely high emphasis on loving others.  So what would it really look like to flesh this out?  Some of the books I am reading on this issue are:

• Unchristian by Dave Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons
• Organic Community by Joseph R. Myers
• Creating Community by Andy Stanley and Bill Willits
• The Externally Focused Church by Rick Rusaw and Eric Swanson

  
  

 Ill throw out some of my thoughts in the coming days...