Citizens of the Kingdom

A couple thoughts from Peter Block in his book Community that I think will be helpful. (Peter's a consult for businesses and as far as I know is not a believer. I say this because I'm fascinated by a business guy who writes a book named "community".)

He's language is citizen. and the goal or him is citizenship. (If you'd prefer you can exchange it for disciple)

A citizen is one who is willing to do the following:
+ Hold oneself accountable for the well-being of the larger collective of which we are a part.
+Choose to own and excercise power rather than defer or delegate it to others.
+Enter into a collective possibility that gives hospitable and restorative community its sense of being.
+Acknowledge that community grows out of the possibility of citizens. Community is build not by specialized expertise, or great leadership, or improved services; it is built by citizens.
+Attend to the gifts and capacities of all others, and act to bring the gifts of those on the margin into the center.
(Peter Block, Community page 65)

This is going to take some time to process frankly, but our goal would be to function as pastor who enables an environment in which citizens (disciples) can happen.

What do you think?