Incarnation is a fancy term. Like much of Christianese, we throw it around and seldom know what it means. The first chapter of John’s gospel provides us a word picture of incarnation, “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” Jesus was willing to put off his position in glory and humble himself so that we might be saved. The Greek word for dwelt is tabernacle or tent. Jesus was a tent dweller. The idea of incarnational ministry is to be a tent dweller. We have the opportunity to become tent dwellers in Lowry.
We desire to dwell in Lowry but also to dwell with the people of Lowry. Jesus did not come to earth and become a hermit, or monk; He came to be a friend of sinners. We seek to have Jesus as our example and leader in all things. In order for us to follow that example, we will view our home as a center for incarnational ministry with the people of Lowry. This will mean cookouts, parties, missional communities, kids sleepovers, and many other intentional connections to the community. We want to be known as a family that loves the people of Lowry and are for them. We want to be the incarnation of Jesus in Lowry.