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a healthy church...transformingLIFE |
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Get it right! This is not the age of Aquarius and hippie spontaneity. This is the age of strategic planning, quality control and outcomes. Happiness and a perfect future can be guaranteed. Huh? Think about it. Take note of the planning for a wedding. Every tiny detail must be perfect, and the sub-text seems to say that, if it is, 'this formula will guarantee lifelong success.' Hmm...so marriages never fail. Or what about the trouble we take to ensure the birth of a perfect baby, in a perfect delivery experience? And what about church?How much do we tweak and fiddle with the 'form' of church: music, liturgy, dress, and furnishings, to please everyone? It's as if we want heavenly perfection here and now, and not have to wait. Maybe if we can just 'do church right', then God will be happy and so will we. Sadly, grace and kindness don't seem too important in such a model. Besides, it all seems to miss the point, that it's not what we do now: it's what God already did. He loved us first. The first thing Jesus gave anyone was love. How loving are we towards others, especially those who are 'different'? Can we give up our pre-occupation with the 'form' and get back to gospel basics? Or is it too scary to surrender control? |
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