Well, I should apologize…the past week or so I have been busy reading and grieving the apparent arrival of a much too long campaign season. I have been distracted at best…but you don’t want to know what I think of the abhorrently long campaign season or candidates, so let me share some thoughts with you about what I’ve been reading lately. First of all, how do we (if indeed we do) release the power of God for transformation? Let’s face it, our world is in sad shape and for that matter, so is the Church! Facing an overall decline, with only a few exceptions, the Christian Church is failing. I am one of those who believe only God can and will turn it around. Let me be clear, God never intended nor wants the Church to fail, but we have managed to excel at decline in spite of God’s wishes. How do we engage the Almighty so we might be transformed? Secondly, why do the majority of persons involved in the Church today fear the manifestation of the Holy Spirit’s power? Whether healing, signs and wonders, miracles, or a simple indwelling of the Holy Spirit, many (perhaps the majority) in the Church today do not want to experience an outpouring of the Holy Spirit…in this many I mean to include both clergy and laity. And finally, why do we who claim to follow God (again both clergy and laity) put so much emphasis on worldly thinking? I am not speaking of running the Church like a business…that makes sense to me if we know what our product is and who our target consumers are…like any good business. But too often we scheme plans and launch programs without consulting our Head…that makes no sense to me. I can tell you that the best laid plans will fail without God on the team, also I’ve seen some of the most ill-advised plans take off and fly because God was driving them. So what do you think? Are we up for transformation or are we just playing church?
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