In Proverbs 13:10-14. By insolence the heedless make strife, but wisdom is with those who take advice. Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire of goodness fulfilled is a tree of life. The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life so that one might avoid the snares of death.
Our communities are to be trees of life. Living trees that have roots in Scripture; trunks of solid Christian teaching, apologetics, prayer, mission, innovative cultural insights, and hospitality; branches that stretch out in symmetrical, yet diverse directions; and leaves that flourish because of their dependence on being connected to the rest of the tree, while at the same time bringing nourishment and contributing something vital so that the tree remains strong and living.
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