2 Thessalonians 3

At this point we’re all into whatever is our way of being together as endemic church.

The authors of 2 Thessalonians saw a painful unraveling within the community, and they responded with urgency.

Second Thessalonians is concerned with encouraging a struggling congregation to stand firm, endure and persevere. Wendell Berry refers to the "art of the commonplace," a phrase that for pastors brings to mind the art, craft and skills by which we cultivate the common everyday life our people are called to live and share--and which will enable them to stand firm. It is about the mundane and about community.