"When you begin to think outside the box, you often become some other "leaders" lousy follower. That usually costs something" (Andy Rayner)

"Our guardian angels are bored." (Mike Foster)

It's where I feel I'm at these days. “In the second half of life, it is good just to be a part of the general dance. We do not have to stand out, make defining moves, or be better than anyone else on the dance floor. Life is more participatory than assertive, and there is no need for strong or further self-definition” (Falling Upward. Richard Rohr.120).

Thursday, May 5, 2011

It's Not Just You!


The frustration is real and shared by many. Not defeated or 'negative' people as often labeled. People are not showing up any more and most have no idea why. It's going to require more than modify programs.

"For far too many of us, when we hear the word church , our eyes teat up, turn bloodshot, or glaze over, with emotions that represent the irrelevance of our communal expressions, or because we don't know what to think anymore. Our faith and loyalty used to keep us on board, bit now reality is beginning to curl over both like a 20-foot wave. ...
If you're like the authors of this book, you've gone down with a ship or two trying to make the Kingdom story tangible. You may have tried a few different churches, methods, programs, leaders, teachers, styles and sizes only to find yourself stuck on a ship that seems to be attracting no one and can barely hold your interest.... We want let you know that the unsettling feelings you are experiencing are ones that hundreds of thousands of people are also working throughout."

(Tangible Kingdom. Hugh Halter, pg xviii-xix, 2008, Jossey-Bass.)


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