I recently returned from the National Campus Ministry Seminar in Golden, CO, and I will discuss some of my insights from there tomorrow. But... I wanted to share this quote said in worship this morning by Dean Barham:
"It's impossible to save our a__ (backside) and our face at the same time." -- AA Member, commenting on his perceptions of the church.
How true! We often put on such a great mask that we are afraid to take it down and let people see our authentic self. If there church is the place where authentic ministry takes place, then we need to take the whitewash off of our tombs and show the dry bones inside for our brothers and sisters to see. There is no fault in being sinful; the true fault lies when we pretend that we always have it all together. And when we realize that our lives have dry bones within them, we also realize that we serve a God who brought a valley of dry bones to life (Ezekiel 32). That's the kind of God we serve!
No comments:
Post a Comment