The Name

Cory and I spent some time trying to decide what to call this blog, and perhaps the network of cell groups (church) we will be working to start. What I realized in the process is that there is no perfect word to communicate everything you want to communicate. But I think infuse is pretty good. Here's a couple reasons for going with this name (at least for now).

I have been captured by the metaphors Jesus uses to describe his kingdom--yeast in particular. When it is added to bread dough it doesn't do anything right away, at least not anything we can see. But over time it causes tremendous changes in the dough to the point where its influence in unmistakable. "To infuse" something has a similar meaning. Two substances that do not mix quickly are left to "infuse" and over time their influence on the overall substance is unmistakable. While the type of church we want to pursue will not be immediately influential, we pray that over time it's influence will become so great that it will be impossible to miss. We hope this will happen by releasing people to follow the life-changing call of Christ to fulfill his mission in the world.

Another reason to like this word is that it could refer to the way we hope values are passed along. The goal is to create a movement with the DNA of Christ (for more on this concept see the book Decoding the Church) and then infuse this DNA into other people and other groups. Not to control externally, but to infuse DNA and then trust that to do its work.

There are other ways this word could be applied, but hopefully those will come through in future posts. Looking forward to this journey!