Tucked away in Romans 14: 10 is an obscure little verse that I feel is absolutely crucial to the understanding of community health. I remember in my younger years arguing vehemently for this or that side of the argument: whether a believer could drink or not, etc… or whether he or she shouldn’t if in the company of those who had problems with drinking. Oh yes, how well I remember those debates. Then I remember in more recent years arguing... Read more
Children in sports: the whole point is that everyone can play. Is it not? The point isn’t that they have to win. In that case, only the best players get to play because the whole point is to win the game. I get the feeling many of our services are a lot like that. We want to win. One of the things that I became aware of pretty early in the ministry was how natural it was to try to... Read more
When I wrote yesterday that our community is still in adolescence, I should have been clearer. So today I’ll try to clear it up a bit. No… no one called to complain. Yet! I think, generally speaking, the overall attitude of our community right now is adolescence. But we exhibit signs of adulthood too. It is like we are in a transition stage, moving from adolescence to adulthood. As a community. We’re kind of like my son one day years... Read more
My thoughts are that we should not try to be anything special as a community. Lisa and I were talking about this last night. It is adolescent to try to be special, to just do things to be popular, rebel against anything that you don’t want to be, to fight for the you who stands where you are. I mean, all this is necessary on the way to maturity, but a sign of maturity is moving out of your uniqueness... Read more
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