I have a dream... I think?
Thanks to everyone who encouraged me to start a blog. I finally caved in, though the feeling is somewhat self-serving: a blog is a great way to remember random stuff that drifts through my mind.
Before I get to the "dream," let me explain how I got to where I am. I grew up in the Christian tradition and still have a deep and all-encompassing love for Jesus. Church, however, has been an up and down experience. Don't get me wrong, I love "the church," if "the church" refers to the collection of God's people here on earth. It's just church (without the quotation marks, hehe) tended to be a more frustrating experience. (Now, at this time I could delve into my seemingly endless frustrations, but since this is entry #1 to my blog, I figure I have a lot of time). Moving on...
Whether it was any of the college fellowship groups I attended during college or any of the numerous churches I've attended (or worked at), I was often irked by an underlying spirit of complacency, if that makes sense. We seemed to take too many things for granted, a) that people would show up, b) that people knew what we were talking about, c) that people wanted to be there, d) the things we were doing were timeless and failsafe... you know what I'm talking about?
I think it comes from the fact that I've always viewed my calling in a more missional sense that I have a deep-seeded discontent with the current church paradigm. Which gets me to the dream... I'm slowly gaining the confidence and assurance that planting a church may very well be in my future. I figure this blog will help me walk through this exhausting, tedious, and I'm sure often frustrating process. I plan on blogging my thoughts/ ideas on what this potential future church could be like (along with other various musings on spiritual stuff). I hope this helps me figure things out/ grasp some sort of clarity as I try to figure out what my future holds/ gather some discernment as to what God is trying to tell me.
Not sure how this blog works, but I welcome your comments! Feel free to agree or disagree! One of the first definitions of church I want to capture is community.... since when does community have to be homogenous? How cool would it be to be a part of a church where everyone's opinions/ affiliations/ theological understandings can be shared and treasured... regardless of whether the rest of the community agrees???? Dreaming? What do you think?
Before I get to the "dream," let me explain how I got to where I am. I grew up in the Christian tradition and still have a deep and all-encompassing love for Jesus. Church, however, has been an up and down experience. Don't get me wrong, I love "the church," if "the church" refers to the collection of God's people here on earth. It's just church (without the quotation marks, hehe) tended to be a more frustrating experience. (Now, at this time I could delve into my seemingly endless frustrations, but since this is entry #1 to my blog, I figure I have a lot of time). Moving on...
Whether it was any of the college fellowship groups I attended during college or any of the numerous churches I've attended (or worked at), I was often irked by an underlying spirit of complacency, if that makes sense. We seemed to take too many things for granted, a) that people would show up, b) that people knew what we were talking about, c) that people wanted to be there, d) the things we were doing were timeless and failsafe... you know what I'm talking about?
I think it comes from the fact that I've always viewed my calling in a more missional sense that I have a deep-seeded discontent with the current church paradigm. Which gets me to the dream... I'm slowly gaining the confidence and assurance that planting a church may very well be in my future. I figure this blog will help me walk through this exhausting, tedious, and I'm sure often frustrating process. I plan on blogging my thoughts/ ideas on what this potential future church could be like (along with other various musings on spiritual stuff). I hope this helps me figure things out/ grasp some sort of clarity as I try to figure out what my future holds/ gather some discernment as to what God is trying to tell me.
Not sure how this blog works, but I welcome your comments! Feel free to agree or disagree! One of the first definitions of church I want to capture is community.... since when does community have to be homogenous? How cool would it be to be a part of a church where everyone's opinions/ affiliations/ theological understandings can be shared and treasured... regardless of whether the rest of the community agrees???? Dreaming? What do you think?
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