Tim Soerens on The New Parish

Tim Soerens, coauthor of The New Parish, urges people to understand the importance of being faithfully present to God and to all people around them so that the Spirit's work may be done through them.

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Tim Soerens, coauthor of The New Parish, defines the space and goals of a parish and emphasizes the call everyone has in the Gospel to participate faithfully in the space.

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Tim Soerens, coauthor of The New Parish, has worked very hard to teach his son to embrace church as an everyday occurrence that sometimes takes place in a church building.

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Tim Soerens, coauthor of The New Parish, hopes that if the different denominations represented in any one community could see themselves as part of the church, and not the whole church, then the bickering that prevents their community influence could disappear.

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Tim Soerens, coauthor of The New Parish, understands that Christianity isn't the only faith represented within any given community. The power of listening and common goals for that place, through each faith's practices in formation and relationship, can be a wonderful place for interfaith dialogue to occur.

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Tim Soerens, coauthor of The New Parish, realizes that we are not always or true selves during or church gatherings. The gift of the new parish, though, is the everyday ordinary and the vulnerability that comes with true community.

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