By Andrea Lingle

Community is at the heart of who the Missional Wisdom Foundation is. Based on a theology of relationship, the work of the Missional Wisdom Foundation strives to be relational. Over the last decade, that has looked like residential intentional communities, non-traditional worshipping communities, potluck dinners, educational experiments, relational coaching models, National Gatherings, co-working spaces, afterschool programs, study groups, liturgical spaces, Taizé worship, art projects, pilgrimages, and more. As the Missional Wisdom Foundation, what we do is built on who WE are. It can be, admittedly, messy at times, but somewhere, in the midst of it all, is a gesture that we are here, in this time, in these places, together. We may all look out on different landscapes with different callings, but the heart and mission of the Missional Wisdom Foundation is that none of us have to look out alone. 

Context is one of the Missional Wisdom Foundation’s Very Important Words. It means: where you are. Your context is the souls that you bump into, the soil you walk on, the spaces you curate. The specifics of your context dictate what the actions of community look like, but the thing that remains the same in each expression of community is that relationship is the core of what motivates those actions. The God that is fundamentally relationship calls us to look deeply into our contexts with the prayer: what can we do here?

Haw Creek Commons and The Mix are two of the Missional Wisdom Foundation’s experiments. Take a look around!

Come join us November 18 & 19 at Haw Creek Commons for a two day food truck round-up featuring a few of our new kitchen partners!

We would like to say a special word of thanks to our awesome Warren Wilson College students. They have been helping us out in our community garden for the past couple of months. Last week they came out for their final work time with us for the season and they did a wonderful job pulling up the fall harvest remains so that we can start prepping the soil to rest for the winter. We are so grateful for the meaningful conversations and fun that these college students have brought to our community. Stay tuned for ways to get involved with the community garden at Haw Creek Commons this coming spring!