I have been reading a book called Out Of Church Christians and one part
of it refers to the “Wilderness Experience” and how it is biblical and how
people believe that they have been called out of church structures to unlearn
stuff and come back with a “new revelation” and it seems to me to be more of
the [...]
wilderness?
responsibility
This morning while I was thinking about stuff and reading…the Bible
(Hey even Muslims read it now and then!) I was thinking that, if one is
in leadership and one observes behaviour that is potentially harmful in
one of your leaders that you are trusting to go out and do some more of
the same work, then it is [...]
personal discipleship
I think we have to forget about the obsession with organised efforts to
conform Christians. That CAN often be less about discipleship and more
about money, power, spiritual laziness, and the effort to be part of a
Hegemony where we are not challenged. Our efforts would be better spend
with personal transformation which will hopefully lead to
transformation of society. [...]
leadership contd.
This morning I am horrified at what I said about leaders yesterday, even if it is of necessity true. We cannot help incarnating our brokenness (wounding, sin whatever you want to call it) into our ministries. Our ministries are often manifestations of our own desire to gain significance. It is human and I have done [...]
what to do about leadership?
I have always been a leader simply because people are prepared to follow somebody who sounds like they know what the are talking about and who acts with conviction. I am now in a quandary. I am discovering depths of distrust in leaders that I only suspected are there. Did Jesus ever mean for us [...]
Leaders
Leaders have such a hard job shame.I don’t want to be led by anybody but Jesus anymore. I will be led by him as example and as Father and brother. It is much too easy to be wrong and think that you have covered all the bases. Relationship is the answer. Leadership is a cop [...]
Now is not the time…
I was thinking yesterday in a rare moment of clarity: The church is my family regardless of whether I agree with the way it happens. So the onus is on me to engage and to get to know people in a way that will enable me to trust them enough to actually attend a home [...]
Still, I may go to church after all
I am wondering if I am not throwing the baby out with the bathwater. If i allow myself to be ministered to in church and listen to the sermons with the intention of hearing God speak, and have my own private worship life as well, then there is a place for me to see whether [...]
Others are saying things about church which makes me think…
Other blogs are interesting things. You see people’s opinions and are exposed to other points of view.
I have been reading a blog about house churches
There was a link to another page about house churches. A lot of what they say makes sense to me. But when they start speaking about spiritual authority I feel my [...]
That same old hat again…
Sumi, I think you are right about the Spirit of God. God is in the Church and church is where people meet and commune to achieve God’s purposes. If a group of friends are together and they just happen to be having a braai, and somebody needs ministry, and somebody sees it and does it [...]
