"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).

Sunday, April 21, 2019

Flexible Containers Versus Fundamentalist Containers

"I am a virtual fundamentalist about content. I am a virtual libertarian about containers. Only in Jesus the Christ did container and content become one. Jesus’ comments about new wine in old wineskins reminds us that we cannot make an idolatry of any form or container. We must not elevate an ecclesial form to the level of authority or primacy that belongs only to the content. Unfortunately, much of the church is as fundamentalist about containers as I am about content, and as libertarian about content as I am about containers. Too many churches will only pour the living water into something they like or would pick up. A lot of churches are languishing because they won’t trust the gospel to fit and fill containers with handles they don’t like."


- Leonard Sweet. AquaChurch 2.0

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