Koinonitus

The ancient Greek word for intimate fellowship is koinonia. In the church, we can suffer from what might be called koinonitus: fellowship turned in on itself; cliques and enclaves and tight-knit groups that become little cul-de-sacs of relationship. The difference between the life-giving Sea of Galilee and the salty-enough-to-float-on Dead Sea is that the Dead Sea has no outlet for the life flowing into it. Intimacy…