{"id":193,"date":"2025-10-24T18:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T18:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/?p=193"},"modified":"2025-11-12T18:52:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T18:52:37","slug":"reassembled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/?p=193","title":{"rendered":"Reassembled"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jail-image-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-194 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jail-image-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jail-image-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jail-image-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Jail-image.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finding the church in unlikely places.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FPC-Regional-Reassembled.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A group of enterprising students once disassembled their professor\u2019s car, reassembling it in the lobby of the college president\u2019s office. To ensure this moment was remembered, they placed a campus statue in the driver\u2019s seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his letter to the Philippians, the Apostle Paul finds himself in a prison cell, separated from friends and the wider world. But the letter he pens is often called \u201cthe epistle of joy\u201d, because Paul found that God was working in, through and around his prison walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a world of self-care and self-promotion \u2013 we sometimes miss a deeper joy: Like those students who reassembled a car in the lobby, Jesus Christ is building His church in unlikely places. Today, may you know the joy of seeing God assemble His community around you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More on the topic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Apparently,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/calvinchimes.org\/2017\/04\/07\/moses-statue-tradition-finding-moses-across-history-and-across-campus\/#:~:text=Moses%20was%20expected%20to%20make%20regular%20public%20appearances%20by%20whoever%20had%20him%2C%20and\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this prank<\/a>\u00a0of reassembling a car inside, has be done\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-2006-may-25-me-a2anniversary25-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">several times<\/a>!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/marcjsims.com\/2022\/06\/10\/what-was-prison-like-for-paul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">description<\/a>\u00a0and some pictures (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.meisterdrucke.ie\/fine-art-prints\/Armand-Kohl\/772692\/The-prison-of-St-Paul,-Ephesus,-Turkey.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theephesus.com\/saint-pauls-cave-of-ephesus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/traditional-jail-paul-this-cell-apostle-739537399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3<\/a>) of what the Apostle Paul\u2019s prison might have been like.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>American\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imb.org\/2019\/03\/14\/how-individualism-corrupts-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">individualism<\/a>\u00a0often tempts us to mis-read Scripture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>God assembles church in unexpected places \u2013 like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/christianchronicle.org\/under-a-bridge-come-to-the-feast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">under a bridge<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sarasmusings.wordpress.com\/2023\/07\/01\/finding-god-in-unexpected-places\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on a hillside<\/a>, and even leaves us traces in five often\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.loyolapress.com\/catholic-resources\/ignatian-spirituality\/finding-god-in-all-things\/five-surprising-places-to-find-god\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overlooked areas<\/a>\u00a0of our life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding the church in unlikely places. 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