Cultivating the Practice of Resurrection in Place
As the tale is told…
What would it mean to rejoin the story, to leave behind the distanced, the hectic, and the exploitative, to strike out into the mysterious, dark wood you adventured in years ago; to ask again the burning questions that shimmer like stars in the night of the soul; to gather around the fire and attend like a child to a story whose light refreshes the world; to pray with one another as if life depended on it; to be in solitude among the hills, trees, barred owls, and rivers of our home; to work the land in love; to embody neighborliness; to see once more with the deep eyes of the heart the God who is here with us, who washes the world and our neighbors in holy splendor?
To live and love as if resurrection were real and right here?
What is The Kingfisher Fellowship?
The Kingfisher Fellowship is one fellowship with various expressions, cultivating placed, resurrection life in communion with Christ, our neighbors, and the created world here in Rome, Georgia.
We are a refuge set apart yet moving through our town and countryside, a fellowship to kindle a holy imagination, contemplate the risen Christ with trustful attention, and practice the love of God and neighbor among our three rivers and seven hills. We do this by practicing a set of liturgies…
Our Liturgies of Place
Liturgies of Imagination
The receiving of stories and literature that help us see afresh. The creation of placed art. Holy discussion about the deep things. The cultivation of an attentive heart. Embodied, neighborly work.
We live according to that which we find meaningful, and meaning flowers from imagination—from what we perceive as real, the story in which we believe we live. Our fellowship kindles the fire of imagination as the catalyst for a life of love. In one sense, we cultivate reenchantment. In another sense, we cultivate waking up, to see again with the eyes of the heart.
Liturgies of Contemplation
The practice of solitude and prayer. Mentorship focused on the heart and hand. A dedication to the denial of self and a life of faith, hope, and love. An attentive focus on the risen Christ, who is the heart of all we do.
Resurrection life is contemplative. Within the Christian tradition, that life is one of quietness, trust, attention, and fixed focus on Immanuel. Such a life is not chaotic, self-reliant, distracted, or disincarnate. Our fellowship walks the path laid out by ancient words: “In returning and rest you shall be saved. In quietness and in trust is your strength.”
Liturgies of Love
The fostering of deep friendship and neighborliness. The practice of sacrifice, service, and humility. The stewardship of creation as an art of vocation, neighborliness, and worship.
Resurrection life is, above all, a life of love. The resurrected, highest fruition of our fellowship, one borne of imagination, quietness, trust, and attention, is not mere knowledge but the fulfillment of the two great commands: a love of God and neighbor here in place.
