Friday, December 05, 2003
I just got done reading the article linked below. It was sent to me by an online friend and it echoes much of what I have been thinking regarding the topic that seems to be on everyone's lips, the Post Modern movement.
http://www.the-next-wave.org/stories/storyReader$190
We are very early in the POMO thing I think and we are stll trying to understand and define it but we do have to get past the theoretical and into the actual. I could have been a square peg trying to hammer myself int the round hole of my church with all the accompanying complaining or I could do what I finally did, which was create the square hole ministries that God had created me for. The round hole church I came from was neither bad nor evil, they just needed a round peg. Reading some of the post modern literature, I was struck by the fact that both my church and A.M.O.K. have aspects of postmodernism, but when I started both of them, I was not trying to be POMO, I was simply using my God given gifts and trying to be faithul to the vision that God laid on my heart.
I think that if we all were to do that everything would fall into place. I don't understand everything about the post modern generation but I do know this, they are very smart, ad they can smell phoniness a mile away and they desire authenticity. The best way I can reach post modern people is to be authentic and be who God made me.
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http://www.the-next-wave.org/stories/storyReader$190
We are very early in the POMO thing I think and we are stll trying to understand and define it but we do have to get past the theoretical and into the actual. I could have been a square peg trying to hammer myself int the round hole of my church with all the accompanying complaining or I could do what I finally did, which was create the square hole ministries that God had created me for. The round hole church I came from was neither bad nor evil, they just needed a round peg. Reading some of the post modern literature, I was struck by the fact that both my church and A.M.O.K. have aspects of postmodernism, but when I started both of them, I was not trying to be POMO, I was simply using my God given gifts and trying to be faithul to the vision that God laid on my heart.
I think that if we all were to do that everything would fall into place. I don't understand everything about the post modern generation but I do know this, they are very smart, ad they can smell phoniness a mile away and they desire authenticity. The best way I can reach post modern people is to be authentic and be who God made me.
Wednesday, December 03, 2003
Last night I did something I almost cheated myself out of. Let me explain. A year or two ago, I was approached by someone from my district to join a group of people responsible for programming and leading events for the Jr. High youth in my district. I was so busy that I politely declined the invitation. I didn't feel right about declining but I was so busy. I told my wife who is usually cautioning me about taking on too much. I thought she'd be happy with my decision. I was surprised when she said I should have gone for it. So I did. It was a great decision. We meet every other month and it is always a time of incredible creative inspiration and support. Why do I write this? Make sure that you are really too busy when you are called upon to do something. You might be missing a real blessing I almost did.
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Monday, December 01, 2003
What an awesome weekend this was. Lately the Lord has really been moving in our church. We held our very first Lord's Supper service sunday night and it was awesome. My denomination holds a service called Love Feast. We decided that as an outreach focused church that that name might be misunderstood so we went to the Lord's Supper, which hopefully is a little clearer.
The service consists of three parts, Feet washing (John 13), the Agape Meal, a simple meal shared around the table and the bread and cup communion. I know that this isn't an arts thing, but it's very visual and it follows after a slogan I've adopted recently, what I hear I forget, what I see I remember, what I do, I understand.
We often talk about Jesus as the suffering king, but there is nothing as humbling as the image of kneeling before someone and washing their feet. The second most humbling thing is to sit there while someone washes yours. Now imagine that its Jesus with the towel around His waist. How would you feel?
If you have never done this, you need to, not because it's my tradition, but because this event tied with communion and a meal shared together as the family of God cannot help but change your perspective. If Jesus did it, why shouldn't you? Sometimes I think we could all use a good dose of humility to remind us who we are and who Jesus is and what He really did for us. Just a thought...
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The service consists of three parts, Feet washing (John 13), the Agape Meal, a simple meal shared around the table and the bread and cup communion. I know that this isn't an arts thing, but it's very visual and it follows after a slogan I've adopted recently, what I hear I forget, what I see I remember, what I do, I understand.
We often talk about Jesus as the suffering king, but there is nothing as humbling as the image of kneeling before someone and washing their feet. The second most humbling thing is to sit there while someone washes yours. Now imagine that its Jesus with the towel around His waist. How would you feel?
If you have never done this, you need to, not because it's my tradition, but because this event tied with communion and a meal shared together as the family of God cannot help but change your perspective. If Jesus did it, why shouldn't you? Sometimes I think we could all use a good dose of humility to remind us who we are and who Jesus is and what He really did for us. Just a thought...
